Our satellite networks outperform the competition

Satellite Internet Reliability, some general facts.

There are fewer points of potential failure or congestion in satellite networks compared to terrestrial options. We offer a direct connection to the EU & U.S. Internet backbone through multiple operators and geographically opposite paths, this reduces the risks further.

Traditional wired networks like cable, DSL or T-1 are vulnerable to outages due to the "local loop". This is because a satellite network consists of only a satellite, teleport, NOC and the VSAT terminal. This significantly reduces the opportunity for network outages. To illustrate this concept, consider that a satellite connection cannot possibly be interrupted by a backhoe, bridge or tunnel incident, fire, ice storm, earthquake, downed telephone pole, etc.

Geosynchronous satellites orbit at 23,000 miles, well beyond the 250 mile orbit of the International Space Station, or even the 380 mile orbit of the Hubble Space Telescope, the maximum orbital altitude of the space shuttle.There are even spare satellites already in orbit which are immediately available in the unlikely case of a catastrophic failure of a satellite.

Our satellite operator partners, operate their networks to the absolute highest level of redundancy and reliability, equaling or exceeding military specifications in the manufacturing, launching and operation of their satellite spacecraft.

The main ground station (NOC) uses multiple diverse antenna facilities, redundant routers and power supplies, and is connected directly into multiple Tier I Internet backbone providers via diverse physical paths.

For these and many other reasons, companies having mission-critical need for data communications use satellite as either a primary, alternate or backup connection.

VSAT Systems offers a private network peering arrangement for franchised organizations or any larger, multi-location enterprise with operations nationwide. This arrangement has the added convenience of a single vendor relationship, eliminating potential finger-pointing among vendors during any trouble resolution processes.

Satellite Technology Background

Native IP with Acceleration

Article repost from http://www.vsat-systems.com

Of all forms of communication, satellite communication is probably the most complex. Our technological expertise in this area of communications is what sets us apart from other satellite communication solution providers. The main difference is that our infrastructure and technology is exclusively built and used for IP communications and has not been adapted from television broadcast.

In order for seamless and efficient communication, satellite data networks have to employ special techniques to deal with the increased distances the packets of data have to travel. Although these packets travel at the speed of light (i.e.186000 miles per second), this still adds extra milliseconds of latency in the network. Latency is not directly related to speed. However, latency can cause performance degradation over satellite links if not handled properly. VSAT Systems deals with latency through the use of the most advanced TCP/IP acceleration technology available.

TCP/IP over satellite, some background

TCP/IP is the "language" of the Internet. TCP functions by sending packets of data, and then waits for acknowledgments of receipt. These acknowledgments signal the sender to transmit more data. When acknowledgments return slowly, TCP slows the speed at which data is sent. This is done to prevent network overloading as TCP assumes it is already congested.

TCP works by starting a TCP/IP session slowly. Speed builds as the networks' capacity to carry traffic is verified by the rate at which acknowledgements are received. In Internet terminology, this effect is known as "slow-start".

TCP was designed for terrestrial networks where packets of data travel shorter distances and not all the way to the geostationary orbit. Larger distances mean greater latency (600 ms or more for satellite links). Thus causes TCP to expect an acknowledgement before the round trip to the remote site is completed. As TCP was originally designed for low-latency terrestrial networks, it does not understand that a satellite is involved. The resulting network operates as if the satellite latency was caused by congestion. If uncorrected, this effect causes all packets over a satellite network to be sent at the slow-start rate.

TCP/IP Spoofing

VSAT Systems employs TCP/IP acceleration also known as TCP Spoofing. This technique compensates for the space-link transit time using state-of-the-art routers, switches and protocol processors which are fine tuned for satellite applications. This equipment appears to TCP as if it were the remote location, while acting as a relay or forwarder for data packets going to and from the remote satellite location. When the spoofing equipment receives Internet traffic destined for a remote satellite location, it acknowledges receipt of the packet immediately on behalf of the remote site. This mitigates the slow-start effects and data packets begin to follow immediately.

In this manner, the latency is "hidden" because the acknowledgments are returned rapidly. As a result, TCP moves out of slow-start mode quickly and builds speed to reach maximum levels.

The VSAT Systems acceleration equipment also watches for real acknowledgements coming back from the remote site and suppresses them. If the acknowledgement is not received from the remote site, the system automatically re-sends the packet from its buffer. Thus, our satellite-connected sites communicate seamlessly with servers on the terrestrial Internet.

Our satellite modems are equipped with Dynamic Tx Power Control

A unique feature of the VSAT Systems modem equipment is the dynamic transmit (Tx) power control technology. This feature automatically adjusts the transmitter power of the VSAT dish in response to a weather condition, particularly during storms. Standard transmitters have pre-set limits for the Tx power and do not possess the capabilities to manage Tx power dynamically. While standard transmitters perform perfectly when the sky is clear, their performance is severely affected on rainy days and during storms. Our systems are well equipped to respond to such weather conditions.

Advanced Satellite Internet Modems

The VSAT Systems indoor unit (IDU) is a single-box broadband satellite Internet modem. The IDU is equipped with onboard TCP optimization and QoS (Quality of Service) capabilities, router and DNS.

The unit is centrally managed from our Network Operations Center (NOC) which frees you and your customers from periodic software and firmware updates. In fact, the IDU can also be managed remotely from our NOC for configuration changes, real-time monitoring and historical reporting.

VSAT Systems satellite Internet service is also available with a software load that can allow it to operate in site-to-site mode as opposed to its normal site-to-Internet mode. With this capability, two sites can be directly connected to each other over a single broadband satellite "hop".

Secure comunications - 3DES Encryption

Satellite Internet provides data transmission through the space link. This medium is extremely secure compared to the typical terrestrial broadband connection. Basic encryption through the space segment is standard for every VSAT Systems customer. For applications requiring end-to-end encryption, optional VSAT Systems 3DES encryption across the satellite Internet space link is the most secure available, allowing the remote site(s) to connect to the VSAT hub over a secure 3DES VPN satellite link.

Enforced Quality of Service (QoS)

VSAT Systems satellite solutions enable our customers to have complete control over the networks they operate by using network-based QoS prioritization. QoS can be based on protocol type, source port number, destination port number, source IP address or destination IP address. This feature also provides class based queuing, which assigns a percentage of bandwidth to each class. The rate limiting allocates only the bandwidth that is needed to be used in the network to maximize resources for all end users.

At VSAT Systems, we can provide QoS levels that are customized to your unique needs, be it VoIP, video conferencing or streaming video. Most importantly, we can provide Committed Information Rates (CIR) - the ability to dedicate bandwidth as required in order to support voice or other bandwidth critical services.

VSAT INTERNET PROVIDER IN UNITED STATES

Communications in the United States

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The primary regulator of communications in the United States is the Federal Communications Commission. It closely regulates all of the industries mentioned below with the exception of newspapers and the Internet service provider industry.

History

Press

Newspapers declined in their influence and penetration into American households in the late 20th century. Most newspapers are local, having little circulation outside their particular metropolitan area. The closest thing to a national paper the U.S. has is USA Today. Other influential dailies include the New York Times, the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal which are sold in most U.S. cities. The Times has a moderate-left stance, while the Journal is moderate-right and is strongly pro-business.

The largest newspapers (by circulation) in the United States are USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times.

Mail

The legal monopoly of the government-owned United States Postal Service has narrowed during the 20th and 21st centuries, although the USPS, through whose hands passes 40% of the world's mail,[citation needed] still delivers more mail in four days than is delivered by DHL Express, FedEx, and the United Parcel Service in one year.[citation needed]

Telephone

Telephone system:

General assessment: A large, technologically advanced, multipurpose communications system.

Domestic: A large system of fiber-optic cable, microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, and domestic satellites carries every form of telephone traffic; a rapidly growing cellular system carries mobile telephone traffic throughout the country.

International: Country code - 1; 24 ocean cable systems in use; satellite earth stations - 61 Intelsat (45 Atlantic Ocean and 16 Pacific Ocean), 5 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region), and 4 Inmarsat (Pacific and Atlantic Ocean regions) (2000).

Landlines

Telephones - main lines in use: 141 million (2009)[1]

• Most of the American telephone system was formerly operated by a single monopoly, AT&T, which was split up in 1984 into a long distance telephone company and several local "Baby Bells."

• Landline telephone service continues to be divided between incumbent local exchange carriers and several competing long distance companies. As of 2005, some of the Baby Bells are beginning to merge with long distance phone companies. A small number of consumers are currently experimenting with Voice over Internet Protocol phone service.

• Most local loop service to homes is provided through old-fashioned copper wire, although many of the Baby Bells are beginning to upgrade the so-called "last mile" to fiber optic.

• Early in the 21st century the number of wire lines in use stopped growing and in some markets began to decline.

Cellular communication

Main article: Mobile phone industry in the United States

Telephones - mobile cellular: 286 million (2009)[1]

• Most states have several competing cellular phone networks

• The major cellphone companies in the U.S. are AT&T Mobility, Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel, and T-Mobile

Radio

Radio broadcast stations: AM: 4,789; FM commercial stations: 6,231; FM educational stations: 2,672; FM translators & boosters: 3,995; low-power FM stations: 675 (as of December 31, 2005, according to the Federal Communications Commission)

Most broadcast stations are controlled by large media conglomerates like Clear Channel Communications. There are also many small independent local stations. National Public Radio (NPR) is the public radio network.

Radios: 575 million (1997)

Television

Television broadcast stations: 9,024 (of which 1,750 are full-power TV stations; 592 are class-A TV stations; 4,537 are TV translators; and 2,145 are other low-power TV stations) (as of December 31, 2005, according to the Federal Communications Commission); in addition, there are about 12,000 cable TV systems.

                Most local commercial television stations are owned-and-operated by or affiliated with the large national broadcast networks such as ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, and The CW. Some television networks are aimed at ethnic minorities, including Spanish language networks Univisión and Telemundo. Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), is the public broadcasting network, with over 300 non-profit affiliated stations across the United States. Besides the large broadcast networks (which are free for anyone with a TV and an antenna), there are also many networks available only with a subscription to cable or satellite television, like CNN.

Televisions: 219 million (1997)

Internet 

Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 7,600 (1999 est.)

    Because of aggressive lobbying and the United States' strong libertarian traditions, the Internet service provider industry remains relatively unregulated in comparison to other communications industries.

Country code (Top level domain): US

                For various historical reasons, the .us domain was never widely used outside of a small number of government agencies and school districts. Most companies signed up for top level domains like .com instead.

                NeuStar Inc. now has control over the .us registry and is trying to promote the domain as an option for American-oriented Web sites.

The 50 states of the United States of America are as follows:

Alabama (AL),Alaska (AK), Arizona (AZ), Arkansas (AR), California (CA), Colorado (CO), Connecticut (CT), Delaware (DE), Florida (FL), Georgia (GA), Hawaii (HI), Idaho (ID), Illinois (IL), Indiana (IN), Iowa (IA), Kansas (KS), Kentucky (KY), Louisiana (LA), Maine (ME), Maryland (MD), Massachusetts (MA), Michigan (MI) Minnesota (MN), Mississippi (MS), Missouri (MO), Montana (MT), Nebraska (NE), Nevada (NV), New Hampshire (NH), New Jersey (NJ), New Mexico (NM), New York (NY), North Carolina (NC), North Dakota (ND), Ohio (OH), Oklahoma (OK), Oregon (OR), Pennsylvania (PA), Rhode Island (RI), South Carolina (SC), South Dakota (SD), Tennessee (TN), Texas (TX), Utah (UT), Vermont (VT), Virginia (VA), Washington (WA), West Virginia (WV), Wisconsin (WI), Wyoming (WY). 

Aurora, Illinois, Fontana, California, Akron , Ohio, Moreno Valley, California, Yonkers , New York, Augusta, Georgia , Little Rock, Arkansas, Mobile, Alabama, Columbus, Georgia, Amarillo, Texas, Glendale, California, Huntington Beach, California,  Salt Lake City, Utah, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Tallahassee, Florida, Huntsville, Alabama , Worcester , Massachusetts, Knoxville, Tennessee, Newport News, Virginia, Grand Prairie, Texas, Brownsville, Texas , Providence, Rhode Island, Santa Clarita, California, Overland Park, Kansas, Jackson, Mississippi Garden Grove, California, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Oceanside, California, Santa Rosa, California, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Rancho Cucamonga, California, Ontario, California, Port Saint Lucie, Florida, Vancouver, Washington, Tempe, Arizona, Springfield, Missouri, Lancaster, California, Pembroke Pines, Florida, Cape Coral, Florida, Eugene, Oregon,  Arizona, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Salem, Oregon, Corona, California, Elk Grove, California, Palmdale, California, Springfield, Massachusetts, Salinas , California, Pasadena, Texas, Rockford , Illinois, Pomona, California, Joliet, Illinois, Fort Collins , Colorado, Torrance, California, Kansas City, Kansas, Paterson, New Jersey, Hayward, California, Escondido, California, Bridgeport, Connecticut, Syracuse, New York, Lakewood, Colorado, Alexandria, Virginia, Hollywood, Florida, Naperville, Illinois, Mesquite, Texas , Sunnyvale, California, Dayton, Ohio, Cary, North Carolina, Savannah , Georgia, Orange California, Pasadena , California, Fullerton, California, Hampton, Virginia,, Tennessee, McKinney, Texas, Warren, Michigan, McAllen, Texas , West Valley City, Utah , Columbia, South Carolina, Killeen, Texas, Sterling Heights, Michigan, New Haven, Connecticut, Topeka , Kansas, Thousand Oaks , California, Olathe, Kansas, Cedar Rapids, Iowa , Waco, Texas, Visalia , California, Elizabeth, New Jersey , Simi Valley, California, Gainesville, Florida, Hartford, Connecticut, Bellevue, Washington, Miramar, Florida, Concord , California, Stamford, Connecticut, Coral Springs, Florida, Charleston, South Carolina, Carrollton, Texas, Lafayette, Louisiana, Roseville , California, Thornton, Colorado, Frisco , Texas, Kent , Washington, Surprise, Arizona, Allentown , Pennsylvania, Beaumont, Texas , Santa Clara, California, Abilene, Texas, Evansville, Indiana, Victorville, California, Independence , Missouri, Denton , Texas, Springfield, Illinois, Vallejo , California, Athens, Georgia, Provo , Utah, Peoria , Illinois, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Lansing , Michigan, El Monte, California, Midland, Texas, Berkeley, California, Norman, Oklahoma, Downey , California, Costa Mesa, California, Murfreesboro , Tennessee, Inglewood , California, Columbia, Missouri , Waterbury, Connecticut, Manchester , New Hampshire, Miami Gardens , Florida Elgin, Illinois, Wilmington, North Carolina, Westminster , Colorado, Rochester , Minnesota, Clearwater , Florida, Lowell, Massachusetts, Pueblo , Colorado, Arvada, Colorado, San Buenaventura (Ventura) , California, Gresham , Oregon, Fargo, North Dakota, Carlsbad, California, West Covina, California, Norwalk, California, Fairfield, California, Cambridge, Massachusetts,  Murrieta, California, Green Bay, Wisconsin, High Point, North Carolina, West Jordan, Utah, Billings, Montana, Richmond, California, Round Rock , Texas, Everett , Washington, Burbank , California, Antioch , California, Wichita Falls, Texas, Palm Bay, Florida, Centennial , Colorado, Temecula , California, Daly City, California, Odessa  Texas, Erie, Pennsylvania , Richardson, Texas, Pompano Beach, Florida, Flint, Michigan, South Bend , Indiana, West Palm Beach, Florida, El Cajon, California, Davenport , Iowa , Rialto, California, iSanta Maria, California, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.

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VSAT System Remote Site Survey and Installation Procedures

Article reposted from http://www.satassurance.com/

Standard Residential Installations:

• Structure is zoned residential and is used as a residence.
• Structure is no more than two stories.
• Standard mounting hardware for either a universal mount, penetrating roof mount or a side mount.
• Dual 100' run of RG6 coaxial cable, quad shield, solid copper core.
• Ground wire and grounding block.
• A maximum of 1 interior wall penetration, connectors and faceplate.
• Driving distance for installer not to exceed 35 miles, one way.
• The installer will verify the satellite link is active.

Standard Commercial Installations:

• Commercial Installations are performed on any building not qualified as a Residential building.
• Standard non-penetrating roof mount for the 1.2 meter dish and larger.
• Dual 100' run of RG6 coaxial cable.
• Ground wire and grounding block.
• A maximum of 1 interior wall penetration, connectors and faceplate.
• Driving distance for installer not to exceed 50 miles, one way.
• The installer will verify the satellite link is active.
• Installation best practices

The technician needs to install the outdoor transmit-and-receive equipment and dish, and run up to 100 feet of cable from the outdoor equipment to the indoor equipment, making a professional penetration of the building exterior if necessary.

The technician will install and adjust the dish and outdoor equipment to obtain the best possible satellite connection. The technician will set up the iDirect indoor modem and will test and verify the connection to the Internet. Depending on the situation, this process takes between four and eight hours.

Configuration is normally done the day following the physical installation, but may be done on the same day.

Basic requirements

• A minimum of 50 feet of RG6 Quad Shield Cable with solid copper center conductor.
• 360 degree compression fittings and a dual grounding block.
• Plastic wire ties to secure cables to the mast or pole.
• Photographs showing key installation aspects.
• A customer’s signature upon the completion of the installation.

VSAT Systems vs. The Competition

VSAT Systems is a superior business partner because we offer superior satellite connectivity. This is true because we have invested millions in performance enhancing infrastructure and technologies. As you consider potential partners, we ask that you consider the following:

• VSAT Systems can guarantee extraordinarily high QoS because we control all the variables that affect quality. We run our own NOC and staff it with highly technically skilled professionals who monitor and optimize the network 24/7, 365 days a year. We also own our own satellite uplink teleport. We also offer our customers the capabilities to remotely monitor and control network operation and performance.
• VSAT Systems is a Tier-1 operator with direct access to the Internet backbone. In fact, we have redundant access points to ensure connectivity at all times.
• VSAT Systems’ 99.992% average reliability soars above the competition. This is no accident. We use only business grade technology in everything from modems and routers to larger end-user dishes that boost signal reception. Unlike many providers, our satellite space cannot be preempted in emergency or high load situations.
• VSAT Systems has answers for latency and rainfade. Again, the secret is better technology. Compare our low system latency of < 650 ms to anyone else in the field. Also, ask if they can minimize rainfade with Dynamic Tx power modulation. We can and do, every day.
• VSAT Systems backs its up-to speeds with Committed Information Rates (CIRs). Up-to speeds mean nothing if everyday levels fall short because of over-subscription. When we add customers, we add bandwidth. And we guarantee CIRs.

In a word, the difference is confidence.

Because VSAT Systems is a Tier-1 operator with direct access to the Internet backbone … because we own and control the quality of both our teleport and NOC … because we’ve invested in advanced technologies that neutralize the ill effects of weather and system latency — our VARs, VNOs and Dealers can deliver supremely reliable broadband to demanding customers. This is a formula for success.

  A better way of doing business.

As a VAR, you will have access to 35 pre-established service plans to resell to your customers — plans have been designed to meet the needs of every industry and type of customer.

As a VNO, you will have dedicated space segment line cards, NMS Servers and protocol processors — for complete control over the configuration of your network. You will make all the choices. At the same time, you can depend on VSAT Systems Engineers and Network Designers to help you find the right solution for you and your customers' business needs.

BROADBAND SATELLITE IN AFRICA

NSS 7 is a hybrid Ku- and C-band telecommunications satellite providing fixed satellite services, including video distribution, Internet access, corporate business networking and fixed services such as telephony and data. Based on an enhanced version of Lockheed Martin's A2100AX satellite bus, this 72 transponder satellite will operate at 338.5° East longitude over the Atlantic Ocean, providing coverage to the whole Africa.

NSS 7 c-band coverage

Coverage for Internet access
We can connect users to the Internet from following countries:
East Africa: Burundi, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan
Central Africa: Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Rwanda, Republic of Congo, Zambia
North Africa: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia
Southern Africa: Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
West Africa: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
The iDirect platform offers satellite service providers unmatched functionality and scalability to meet the growing challenges placed on their networks. A single iDirect iNFINITI series hub chassis has the ability to support multiple networks with various requirements for satellite bands, topologies or bandwidth. This revolutionary design allows carriers to deliver any combination of network applications to thousands of remote sites supporting virtually any mix of customer profiles — all from a single platform.

A single iNFINITI series chassis can support:
Mesh, Star, SCPC or Hybrid Networks simultaneously
C, Ku, extended-C and emerging Ka radio bands
Interface with multiple satellites
Bandwidth configurable from 64 Kbps to 18 Mbps in 1 Kbps increments
Thousands of sites on a single network

iDirect powered networks can be grown one line card at a time to optimize network utilization, and provide scalability to meet any network or bandwidth requirements. Network operators can lower their equipment and operating costs while increasing revenues and profits— all while delivering the highest quality to all customers.

Options of two-way Internet access services
Downlink Rx BIR	Uplink Tx BIR	Rx CIR	Tx CIR	Contention Ratio
512	64	up to 128	up to 16	8:1 / 4:1
512	128	up to 128	up to 32	8:1 / 4:1
512	192	up to 128	up to 48	8:1 / 4:1
512	256	up to 128	up to 64	8:1 / 4:1
512	384	up to 128	up to 96	8:1 / 4:1
1024	64	up to 256	up to 16	8:1 / 4:1
1024	128	up to 256	up to 32	8:1 / 4:1
1024	192	up to 256	up to 48	8:1 / 4:1
1024	256	up to 256	up to 64	8:1 / 4:1
1024	384	up to 256	up to 96	8:1 / 4:1
1024	512	up to 256	up to 128	8:1 / 4:1
2048	64	up to 512	up to 16	8:1 / 4:1
2048	128	up to 512	up to 32	8:1 / 4:1
2048	192	up to 512	up to 48	8:1 / 4:1
2048	256	up to 512	up to 64	8:1 / 4:1
2048	384	up to 512	up to 96	8:1 / 4:1
2048	512	up to 512	up to 128	8:1 / 4:1
2048	1024	up to 512	up to 256	8:1 / 4:1
Ku Band offer for Southern Africa

Used satellite equipment:
C-Band system with 1.8m antenna, 5W transmitter and NetModem II with cables and accessories for T-10 and NSS-7, max 256 kbit/s uplink
C-Band System with 2.4m antenna, 5W transmitter and NetModem II with cables and accessories for T-10 and NSS-7

Why our service?

Our iDirect - enabled services incorporate 8:1 and 4:1 contention ratios which so far are one of the best ratios on the market suitable for any kind of bandwidth intensive environments, especially Enterprise, Internet Cafe and ISP applications. Contention ratio indicates how many remote terminals are sharing the single segment the lower the amount is, the more quality service you get and the more stabile the service is. Just to mention, a ratio of 8:1 is widely used in terrestrial Frame Relay connectivity offers in Europe and US and is a standard of a high-quality broadband Internet access service worldwide.
Contention ratio (so called sharing ratio): so far this is one of the main indicators of a service stability, reliability and performance in general. The customer needs to draw maximum amount of attention possible on the contention ratio of the burstable Internet connectivity link one is going to purchase.

Technologie Satelitarne provides SLA (Service Level Agreement) with all iDirect-enabled services we offer. Basically, providing our customers with SLA means that we guarantee you a high-quality Internet access service which will be available at 98.2% of all the time and better. If we fail to provide such a service quality we advertise - we return your money. Just FYI, Technologie Satelitarne's iDirect service uptime was near 99.5% throughout the whole 2004 and we have a 100% customer satisfaction. We would be glad to provide you with a reference of some customers already running on our iDirect-enabled services.

Technologie Satelitarne iDirect-enabled service includes CIR (dedicated segment) quotas, defined by the SLA to assure toll free business quality to transport VoIP, Videoconferencing and streaming applications. The CIR is available on a 24h/7d basis and is dynamically re-allocated by the NetModem's QoS mechanism to prioritize VoIP and streaming traffic and assure toll free quality of voice despite any current bandwidth load.

HTTP and TCP Acceleration is already integrated into the Technologie Satelitarne iDirect service. This kind of acceleration provides up to 400% speed boost over the standard non-accelerated VSAT service by overcoming the RTT latency issues caused by the high distance between the Earth and the satellite. Users love the fast response and the download speeds of accelerated iDirect service.

Scalability and flexibility - time passes and networks grow, the amount of computers is raising and the overall bandwidth demand always tend to increase. This is common for any kind of project, including an Enterprise network, Internet cafe or ISP. iDirect offers you a flexible possibility to start with the minimal service level and upgrade it smoothly up to the high-end class without investing additional funds into the VSAT equipment. iDirect offers to it's owners to start mutliservice long-term projects with minimal recurring investments. Depending on the type of application, you can grow from a small network of 10 users into an ISP segment with 1500 subscribers on the same equipment and still have freedom to scale further.

VSAT INTERNET PROVIDER IN UNITED KINGDOM

Telecommunications in the United Kingdom

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Until 1982, the main civil telecommunications system in the UK was a state monopoly known (since reorganisation in 1969) as Post Office Telecommunications. Broadcasting of radio and television was a duopoly of the BBC and Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA): these two organisations controlled all broadcast services, and directly owned and operated the broadcast transmitter sites. Mobile phone and Internet services did not then exist.

National Telephone Company [(NTC) was a British telephone company from 1881 until 1911 which brought together smaller local companies in the early years of the telephone. Under the Telephone Transfer Act 1911 it was taken over by the General Post Office (GPO) in 1912.

British Rail Telecommunications was created by British Rail (BR). It was the largest private telecoms network in Britain, consisting of 17,000 route kilometres of fibre optic and copper cable which connected every major city and town in the country and provided links to continental Europe through the Channel Tunnel.

BR also operated its own national trunked radio network providing dedicated train-to-shore mobile communications, and in the early 1980s BR helped establish Mercury Communications’, now C&WC, core infrastructure by laying a resilient ‘figure-of-eight’ fibre optic network alongside Britain’s railway lines, spanning London, Bristol, Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester.

The civil telecomms monopoly ended when Mercury Communications arrived in 1983. The Post Office system evolved into British Telecom and was privatised in 1984.

Broadcast transmitters, which belonged to the BBC and IBA, were privatised during the 1990s and now belong to Babcock International and Arqiva.

Regulation of communications has changed many times during the same period, and most of the bodies have been merged into Ofcom, the independent regulator and competition authority for the UK communications industries.

Infrastructure

Domestic trunk infrastructure

All communications trunks are now digital. Most are carried via national optical fibre networks. There are several companies with national fibre networks, including BT, Level 3 Communications, Virgin Media, Cable & Wireless, Easynet and Thus. Microwave links are used up to the 155 Mbit/s level, but are seldom cost-effective at higher bit rates.

International trunks

The UK is a focal point for many of the world's submarine communications cables, which are now mostly digital optical fibre cables. There are many satellite links too, but these now provide a relatively small part of the international bandwidth.

Broadcast transmission

Most broadcasting organisations, BBC and commercial, lease transmission facilities from one or more of the transmission companies. The main exception is the smaller local radio stations, some of which find it more cost-effective to provide their own.

Fixed phone lines

BT is still the main provider of fixed telephones lines, both POTS and ISDN, and it has a universal service obligation, although companies can now contract Openreach to install a phoneline on their behalf, rather than telling the customer to get BT to install it, then transfer over.

Virgin Media is the second biggest player in the residential telephone line market.

Other companies provide fixed telephone lines too, but mainly to large companies in the major cities.

There are many other providers who sell fixed telephone services carried over BT lines. They have no network infrastructure of their own.

Mobile phone networks

First generation networks

• Cellnet was originally jointly owned by British Telecom and Securicor. BT eventually bought out Securicor's stake. The network became BT Cellnet and was then demerged to become O

• Vodafone

Both companies ran ETACS analogue mobile phone networks.

First and second generation networks

•     O2 - runs a GSM-900 network. Now owned by Telefónica.

•     Vodafone - runs a GSM-900 network.

•     Everything Everywhere - runs a GSM-1800 network. Formerly this was two separate companies: Orange and T-Mobile, which was originally called One-2-One.

Third generation networks

The four 2G companies all won 3G licences in a competitive auction, as did new entrant known as Hutchison 3G, which branded its network as 3. They have now rolled out their networks. Hutchinson 3G does not operate a 2G network, but has an agreement with Orange whereby customers who lose a 3G signal roam with Orange. They previously had an agreement with O2 to provide the same service.

The third generation stems from technological improvements and is in essence an improvement of the available bandwidth, enabling new services to be provided to customers. Such services include streaming of live radio or video, video calls and live TV.

Fourth generation networks

Long-term evolution (LTE) services are currently being rolled out. Everything Everywhere launched their EE network in September 2012, using part of their existing 1800 MHz spectrum. O2 and Vodafone will use the 800 MHz and 2600 MHz bands for their services, expected to launch in early 2013. 3 will provide LTE from September 2013 after it was allowed to use part of EE's 1800 MHz spectrum.

Services

Telephones

Fixed telephones

In the UK, there were 35 million (2002) main line telephones.

The telephone service in the United Kingdom was originally provided by private companies and local city councils, but by 1912–1 all except the telephone service of Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire and Guernsey had been bought out by the General Post Office. Post Office Telephones also operated telephone services in Jersey and the Isle of Man until 1969 when the islands took over responsibility for their own postal and telephone services.

Post Office Telephones was reorganised in 1980–81 as British Telecommunications (British Telecom, or BT), and was the first nationalised industry to be privatised by the Conservative government. The Hull Telephone Department was itself sold by Hull City Council as Kingston Communications in the late 1990s and celebrated its centenary in 2004.

Mobile telephones

There are more mobile phones than people in the UK. As of 2011 there were 82 million subscriptions in the UK. There were 76 million in 2008 and 55 million in January 2005.

Each of the main network operators sells mobile phone services to the public. In addition, companies such as Virgin Mobile UK and Tesco Mobile act as mobile virtual network operators, using the infrastructure of other companies.

Numbering

Main article: Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom

There is a set numbering plan for phone numbers within the United Kingdom, which is regulated by the Office of Communications (Ofcom), which replaced the Office of Telecommunications (Oftel) in 2003. Each number consists of an area code—one for each of the large towns and cities and their surroundings—and a subscriber number—the individual number.

Television and radio broadcasting

Radio

Main article: Radio in the United Kingdom

As of 1998, there were 663 radio broadcast stations: 219 on AM, 431 on FM and 3 on shortwave. There were 84.5 million radio receiver sets (1997). Today there are around 600 licensed radio stations in the UK.

Television

Main article: Television in the United Kingdom

As of 1997, there were 30.5 million households with television sets.

There are five major analogue networks - BBC One, BBC Two, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5. Other networks include BSkyB, who are the main provider of satellite television in the UK and UKTV. The major cable television company is Virgin Media, and the digital terrestrial television company Freeview. Analogue terrestrial transmissions are currently being switched off and this is due to be completed in 2012.

Internet

The country code top-level domain for United Kingdom web pages is .uk. Nominet UK is the .uk. Network Information Centre and second-level domains must be used.[jargon]

At the end of 2004, 52% of households (12.6 million) were reported to have access to the internet (Source: Office for National Statistics Omnibus Survey). broadband connections accounted for 50.7% of all internet connections in July 2005, with one broadband connection being created every ten seconds.[Broadband connections grew by nearly 80% in 2004. In 1999, there were 364 Internet Service Providers (ISPs). Public libraries also provide access to the internet, sometimes for a fee.

 Largest urban areas of the United Kingdom

Greater London Urban Area, Greater Manchester Urban Area, Greater Manchester Urban Area, West Yorkshire Urban Area, West Midlands Urban Area , Greater Manchester Urban Area Manchester , Portsmouth Urban Area, West Yorkshire Urban Area , Leicester Urban Area, Tyneside , South East Dorset conurbation, Liverpool Urban Area , Reading/Wokingham Urban, Nottingham Urban Area, Teesside , Sheffield Urban Area, The Potteries Urban Area, Belfast Metropolitan Urban Area , Coventry/Bedworth Urban Area.

 

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Europe

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Europe (Listeni/ˈjʊərəp/ EWR-əp or /ˈjɜrəp/ YUR-əp) is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting the Black and Aegean Seas. Europe is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and the Black Sea and connected waterways to the southeast. Yet the borders of Europe—a concept dating back to classical antiquity—are somewhat arbitrary, as the primarily physiographic term "continent" can incorporate cultural and political elements.

Europe is the world's second-smallest continent by surface area, covering about 10,180,000 square kilometres (3,930,000 sq mi) or 2% of the Earth's surface and about 6.8% of its land area. Of Europe's approximately 50 states, Russia is by far the largest by both area and population, taking up 40% of the continent (although the country has territory in both Europe and Asia), while the Vatican City is the smallest. Europe is the third-most populous continent after Asia and Africa, with a population of 733 million or about 11% of the world's population.

Europe, in particular Ancient Greece, is the birthplace of Western culture. It played a predominant role in global affairs from the 15th century onwards, especially after the beginning of colonialism. Between the 16th and 20th centuries, European nations controlled at various times the Americas, most of Africa, Oceania, and large portions of Asia. In 1900, Europe's share of the world's population was 25%. Both World Wars were largely focused upon Europe, greatly contributing to a decline in Western European dominance in world affairs by the mid-20th century as the United States and Soviet Union took prominence. During the Cold War, Europe was divided along the Iron Curtain between NATO in the west and the Warsaw Pact in the east. European integration led to the formation of the Council of Europe and the European Union in Western Europe, both of which have been expanding eastward since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.

European Internet Foundation

The European Internet Foundation (EIF) is an independent, non-profit body supporting Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) in their efforts to shape policy and regulation relating to the internet.

The organization exists to promote understanding among MEPs of developments in information and communication technologies. It hosts a continuous programme of live debates, special projects and interactive communication activities, featuring speakers from around the world, largely from the European Parliament's location in Brussels, Belgium.

History and membership

The EIF was founded in March 2000 by MEPs James Elles, Erika Mann and Elly Plooij-van Gorsel. The current Chair is Pilar del Castillo.

It is led and governed by its Political Members, all of whom are elected Members of the European Parliament (MEPs). Membership in the European Internet Foundation is open to all current MEPs. The Foundation is financed primarily through membership fees charged to Business and Associate Members, including a core of prominent European e-companies. Membership is open on a progressive, non-discriminatory fee basis to any duly constituted commercial entity or interest group pledging support for the foundation's founding principles.

Economy

As a continent, the economy of Europe is currently the largest on Earth and it is the richest region as measured by assets under management with over $32.7 trillion compared to North America's $27.1 trillion in 2008. In 2009 Europe remained the wealthiest region. Its $37.1 trillion in assets under management represented one-third of the world’s wealth. It was one of several regions where wealth surpassed its precrisis year-end peak. As with other continents, Europe has a large variation of wealth among its countries. The richer states tend to be in the West; some of the Eastern economies are still emerging from the collapse of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia.

The European Union, an intergovernmental body composed of 27 European states, comprises the largest single economic area in the world. 16 EU countries share the euro as a common currency. Five European countries rank in the top ten of the worlds largest national economies in GDP (PPP). This includes (ranks according to the CIA): Germany , the UK , Russia , France , and Italy .

There is huge disparity between many European countries in terms of their income. The richest in terms of GDP per capita is Monaco with its US$172,676 per capita (2009) and the poorest is Moldova with its GDP per capita of US$1,631 (2010). Monaco is the richest country in terms of GDP per capita in the world according to the World Bank report.

Sovereign states

Recognised states

Albania, Andorra, Armenia[b], Austria*, Azerbaijan[b], Belarus, Belgium*, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria*, Croatia, Cyprus*[c], Czech Republic*, Denmark*[f], Estonia*,Finland*, France*, Georgia[b], Germany*, Greece*,Hungary*,Iceland, Ireland*, Italy*, Kazakhstan, Latvia*, Liechtenstein, Lithuania*, Luxembourg*, Macedonia, Malta*, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland*, Portugal*, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia*, Slovenia*, Spain*, Sweden*, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City.

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