Satellite DSL on the Cards
South Africans may soon have broadband DSL-like Internet connections available via satellite if a deal between Telkom and Intelsat is concluded. Meanwhile, Intelsat is content to connect remote African base stations for MTN and Vodacom.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200211180416.html
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The Intelsat Broadband Service offers a down channel of between 2Mbps and 48Mbps with a return pipe of between 512Kbps and 8Mbps. The asymmetrical digital subscriber lines (ADSL) currently offered by Telkom have a download channel of 512Kbps and 512Kbps upstream.
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All I need now is the modified LNB for my satellite dish and a pc interface card...
