Saturday, June 16, 2007

BROADBAND SATELLITE INTERNET

Today broadband internet is one of the top buzzwords. Internet has reached every nook and corner of the world. It has made the life of people far easier. But the most important landmark which made the internet so popular was the advent of broadband internet. "Broadband" means wide bandwidth, which allows more chunks of data to be transmitted in less time.
Before broadband, the hassles of dial-up restricted the popularity of the internet. It was a slow internet and had irritatingly slow speed. But with broadband things became far easier and faster. Loads of tasks could be completed in seconds.
The reason behind its fast speed was that it used dedicated wires for connection. A world wide web of these wires was woven which provided dedicated 24*7 access to the internet. Numerous Broadband ISPs have sprung up. Some of them are Sify, Hathway, etc.
But nowadays, satellites are used in the process of providing broadband internet. Satellites are used as relay stations perched high in space. Transmitting stations send signals directly to the satellites, which are relayed back to other far away stations. Receiving stations receive these signals and transmit them to the nearby individual subscribers. The whole world comes to our desk through broadband satellite internet, almost instantly.

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