What are the contention ratios of the satellite service?
People are used to hearing and reading about “contention ratios” on ADSL broadband and, not unreasonably, wish to make the same comparisons when it comes to a broadband satellite service. The concept and management of network bandwidth on a 2-way satellite service is, however, very different. If people wish to make such theoretical comparisons with ADSL broadband contention ratios then it is probably reasonable to assume ratios of 50:1 (for the 512/126kbps 2-way service) and 20:1(for the 1M/256K 2-way service).
