NetBooster - What Do We Think?

mike65

Spotted this lot in a puff-piece for the local rag (Waterford Today)

http://www.netbooster.ie/

Most of us are aware of the advantages broadband technology brings to Internet use. It means faster transfer and access of information bringing increased business efficiency and more effective use of leisure time while surfing the Internet. Yet not all of us have access to conventional broadband technology. Tullaghan man, Nigel O’Hanlon, is introducing an exciting alternative to broadband called Net Booster, to Waterford and throughout Ireland.
According to Nigel, Net Booster has one of the most comprehensive and powerful ranges of packages available anywhere Using this technology no matter where you are you can now receive broadband internet access with download speeds up to 2Mb helping you to surf, download, communicate and enjoy the internet. This innovative one-way satellite broadband packages start from as little as €26.00 a month and with packages up to 2Mb and 100% Ireland & The UK coverage there is sure to be a package to suit your requirements. This system has major advantages including:
Available in areas not covered by terrestrial broadband.
No Need to Change your ISP, E-mail or Web-site address.
Watch Free to Air Satellite TV Channels on your PC
Listen to Digital Radio stations on your PC
Unlimited Downloads per Month (Within reason)
How does it work?
Dial up to the Internet as normal using your telephone or ISDN line, ISP and modem. Once you've made this connection, a small piece of software provided will connect to our servers to log you in. When you then make a request to load a Website, check your emails, download a file or stream media, the tiny request will travel up your phone line to the Internet where it will jump across the Internet to servers in London with your request.
The Internet is accessed across high-speed connections and data you have requested is gathered, before sending it to our earth station. Here the data you have requested is broadcasted 40,000 miles up to the satellite in space at high speeds of up to 2Mb a second! Finally when your data reaches the satellite it is broadcast back down to be received by your mini dish and satellite modem. Your computer then decrypts your data and delivers it to your browser, or whichever application made the request, Nigel explains ‘despite this complex process moving your data over 40,000 miles, it all happens in real-time and the delay is as little as a quarter of a second before you start to receive the data your requested’

Mike.

Stephen

Its nothing new, one way satellite has been around for ages. Its quite pants since it still needs some kind of dialup for the upstream connection. And it will be useless for online games because of the excessive delay due to the physical transmission time to/from the satellite.