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Acess in remote location : this has been the traditional strength of Satellite Networks. A Satellite in the Geo Synchronous orbit can cover around33% of the earth’s surface and can provide connectivity to any region covered by it. A satellite can also focus on a particular high density region and multiple satellites can work together to provide global coverage. This is very useful for remote locations (rural areas, ships and coastal regions, hills, etc) where there is limited or no terrestrial connectivity.
while like any other technology, VSAT has its limitations too. Some of them include the extremely high initial cost needed for building and launching satellites in the Geo-Synchronous orbit, higher initial cost and recurring monthly costs for terminal equipments needed for providing Internet over broadband when compared to terrestrial DSL networks, Bit error rate is common for satellite based technologies, Rain attention might affect the performance of VSAT communications under rainy conditions,
