[Asterisk-biz] Asterisk/SIP over satellite?

[Rob Lith]

As I understand it what has helped latency within Africa is satellite
systems that can mesh countries, or within countries, eliminating a
transatlantic hop to a hub. 

Regards
Rob Lith

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of 
> David Brodbeck
> Sent: 29 December 2004 16:13
> To: 'Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion'
> Subject: RE: [Asterisk-biz] Asterisk/SIP over satellite?
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dorn Hetzel [mailto:asterisk at dorn.hetzel.org]
> 
> > I *really* don't believe that's true, since most of the older 
> > generation of comsats are just big analog cross-band amplifiers- 
> > in-the-sky and therefore have only about as much latency as 
> the length 
> > of their wires or waveguides...
> 
> I've heard them called "bent pipes" for that reason.  They 
> just take whatever comes in, amplify it, and turn it around.  
> There's practically no latency in such a system other than 
> what's imposed by the round trip.
> 
> The driving force in satellite design for years and years was 
> *simplicity*.
> You're putting something up where you can't reach it to fix 
> it.  It's going to be bombarded with radiation that degrades 
> unshielded solid-state devices.
> It's costing you millions of dollars to get it there.  You 
> don't want to build it any fancier than you absolutely have to.
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