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Business Grade

Be Real. You run a business and are constantly looking for ways to save costs. After all, the lower the cost, the higher your profit. Right?

So it’s natural you’d want the least expensive Internet access.

Well, you’ve tried dial up, right? Slow as molasses in January, right? But it’s cheap!

Next step up is DSL — but there’s no way you can get it in the next 20 years. And even point-to-point wireless is years away. So what do you do?

The next logical choice. Satellite Internet. Of course you choose a residential flavor. It’s just a bit more expensive than the DSL your buddies pay for in the city, so it’s gotta be as good, right?

Oh, FAP! There are other bad three letter words, but I can’t think of any just now.

Because residential satellite Internet doesn’t have committed information rate or the option to pay for unlimited throughput, you hit the daily upper limit really fast. Which means you’d better not have much data transfer need until except between 2 and 6 am.

And then there’s that latency. Whoa. Ever try a VoIP phone on a one second latency delay? Makes Vietnam War walkie talkies seem like a dream come true.

So get real. If you’re in business trying to get by on residential grade broadband satellite Internet, you’re missing the value proposition.

You need low latency, committed information rate, the ability to pay for unlimited throughput when business requires it. You need reliability, consistency, and a strong partner.

Equipment

Business grade satellite Internet service provides your business the flexibility to use a wide variety of equipment. If your business is offshore, all the more reason why versatility is what you want.

iDirect 3100

The 3100 modem is from iDirect, a manufacturer of premier communications equipment, who supplies militaries and other governmental agencies worldwide. The 3100 is a cost effective, reliable, and highly scalable broadband IP modem that can meet the demand for enterprise-class broadband access anywhere.

Network Configuration

Network Topology: Star
IP Data Rates: Downstream 128kbps-18Mbps, Upstream 64kbps-4.2Mbps

Mechanical

Weight: 7.0 lbs (3.18 kg)
Width: 11.75 in (29.9 cm)
Height: 1.75 in (4.5 cm)
Depth: 10.50 in (26.7 cm)

Electrical

Operating Temperature: 32° F to +122°F
Input Voltage: 100-240 VAC Universal Input, 2A Max @ 100VAC

More sophisticated iDirect modems supporting switching, encryption and mesh topologies are also available.

VPN Indoor Equipment

Some business applications require security measures beyond the already secure satellite link. For such cases, the Encore Networks Bandit II is a VPN solution that encrypts data while concurrently accelerating IP packets.

The flyaway mobile antenna is easily transportable in the back of a truck, or the cabin of a helicopter, allowing you to easily upload any sporting event to your website, or render remote communications headquarters accessible to anyone in the world. Fixed satellite equipment quickly makes any off grid operation within easy reach of headquarters, or provides redundant Internet access without relying on the same terrestrial route your other Internet access follows. And the Nomad Rapid Deployment System is the best of both worlds: the versatility of mobile equipment coupled with the economy of fixed equipment.

Products

Skycasters provides both fixed and mobile broadband satellite Internet solutions. If your business has an office that’s in a fixed location, you’ll need a fixed satellite installation. If, on the other hand, you’re on the go, constantly moving your work site from place to place, or shipping the equipment from one side of the country to the other, you’ll need a mobile solution.

Compare

Most remote businesses, or those wishing a redundant Internet connection via satellite, start with a residential satellite Internet connection. They, like most consumers, think communications companies with lots of subscribers must provide good service.

Residential grade firms products connect you to the Internet — and that’s about it. The connection is slow, and if you want to run a business on it, you’re likely to crash and burn. There’s no guaranteed speed, and if you download more than the daily maximum, you run into the Fair Access Policy — no options to pay for extra throughput. So you a whole lot less.

Commercial satellite Internet have robust operations, employing low noise satellite feeds, often with iDirect components at both the Hub and customer location. Every plan has a committed information rate, which allows you to use bandwidth dependent applications such as VoIP, SCADA, and VPN. You also get metered billing as an alternative to a Fair Access Policy. That way, if you determine you will never exceed your monthly throughput commitment, you go with the FAP.

But if your business irregularly requires exceeding your throughput, paying for the extra throughput may fit nicely with your business objectives.

Comparing a residential satellite Internet plan with a commercial satellite Internet plan is like comparing apples to oranges. The system quality of residential is so vastly different from that of commercial, the only real similarity is that there’s a satellite dish at one end, and the Internet at the other.

Review the chart to compare residential and commercial satellite Internet service plans: