Sattelite (sp?) broadband - how does the uplink work and what speed?

As the subject really, if my landline b-band plan fails then I hear that
there are some pretty economical sat modem solutions out there. I would like
to know one thing though:

How does the upload/uplink side work, I believe the sat modem works off a
dish (40/60cm) - they can even modify an existing Sky dish (by fitting a 2nd
LNB I presume) to work as tv/sat b-band, but are you going to be limited to
landline modem for sending web page requests/uploads etc? Or is it a 2-way
sat dish comms solution???

At around £40/month + fairly hefty setup of £250 or so I'm told it seems
like a fairly viable solution to the "rural" + "too far away from exchange"
cases such as I might be

Any specs/info would be appreciated (not only by me I expect

Regards

Bartek

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afaik the most common uplink is via a normal dialup modem.

Lag and latency have been mentioned as common problems

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www.satdrive.com

One way Symmetric link. £150 to £400 setup, then £14.99 flat fee!!! 4Mb
standard, software controlled and you can order upto 8Mb (pay more ofcourse)
in real-time,
Looks quite good actually, I might get it just for the blistering download
speed (lag/latency considered)

http://www.btopenworld.com/satellite/

Two way link, high setup fee £999, £60 p/m thereon; from their site:

Based on a set monthly fee, BTopenworld Business Satellite Service means you
get:

.. high speed internet access without needing extra phone lines
.. an 'always on' connection - no more time wasted dialling-up
.. Download speeds 500kbps* - faster than a standard modem
.. upload speeds up to 150kbps** - send large files faster
.. extra email addresses - to manage email more easily
* Typical speeds between 200 and 300 kpbs (150 kbps burst speed).
** Typical speeds will be between 60 and 70 kbps.
Speeds may be reduced by: weather interference and usage during peak times

There are other suppliers too I think, have a search round.

Regards

Bartek

But then you could encounter a whole host of other problems, have a look on
www.sat4the.co.uk/forum/

"Bartek" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:3f9652f2$(E-Mail Removed)...
> www.satdrive.com
>
> One way Symmetric link. £150 to £400 setup, then £14.99 flat fee!!! 4Mb
> standard, software controlled and you can order upto 8Mb (pay more
ofcourse)
> in real-time,
> Looks quite good actually, I might get it just for the blistering download
> speed (lag/latency considered)
>
> http://www.btopenworld.com/satellite/
>
> Two way link, high setup fee £999, £60 p/m thereon; from their site:
>
> Based on a set monthly fee, BTopenworld Business Satellite Service means
you
> get:
>
> . high speed internet access without needing extra phone lines
> . an 'always on' connection - no more time wasted dialling-up
> . Download speeds 500kbps* - faster than a standard modem
> . upload speeds up to 150kbps** - send large files faster
> . extra email addresses - to manage email more easily
> * Typical speeds between 200 and 300 kpbs (150 kbps burst speed).
> ** Typical speeds will be between 60 and 70 kbps.
> Speeds may be reduced by: weather interference and usage during peak times
>
> There are other suppliers too I think, have a search round.
>
> Regards
>
> Bartek
>
>