Telstar 10/ Apstar IIR

Broadband Satellite Internet Access

We offer Internet access and dedicated communication channels over Telstar 10 satellite on iDirect platform.

Telstar 10, located at 76.5 degrees East longitude, is equipped with 27 C-band and 24 Ku-band transponders (36 MHz equivalents). The C-band payload provides coverage of Asia, Australia, parts of Europe and Africa. The Ku-band payload covers Korea, Taiwan, Macau and China, including Hong Kong. Telstar 10, which hosts one of the most extensive cable neighborhoods in Asia, distributes cable TV programming, direct-to-home services, telecommunications, as well as Internet and VSAT (very small aperture terminal) services.

iDirect services offer a unique combination of burstable and dedicated bandwidth when it is required by today applications with Voice, Data and Video: corporate networks, distance learning, disaster recovery, e-Commerce, ISP and Internet Cafe business, military and mission-critical applications. Backened up by SLA, our iDirect-enabled services offer unprecedented guaranteed quality of service with more than 98.2% annual network uptime.

Coverage for Internet access
We can connect users to the Telstar 10 satellite from following countries: Russia, China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Japan, South-Korea, North-Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia, Papua-New-Guinea, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Hong-Kong, Macau, Paracel-Islands, Spratly-Islands, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri-Lanka, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

Options of two-way Internet access services
Downlink Rx BIR	Uplink Tx BIR	Rx CIR	Tx CIR	Connection Ratio
512	64	up to 128	up to 16	1:8 / 1:4
512	128	up to 128	up to 32	1:8 / 1:4
512	192	up to 128	up to 48	1:8 / 1:4
512	256	up to 128	up to 64	1:8 / 1:4
512	384	up to 128	up to 96	1:8 / 1:4
1024	64	up to 256	up to 16	1:8 / 1:4
1024	128	up to 256	up to 32	1:8 / 1:4
1024	192	up to 256	up to 48	1:8 / 1:4
1024	256	up to 256	up to 64	1:8 / 1:4
1024	384	up to 256	up to 96	1:8 / 1:4
1024	512	up to 256	up to 128	1:8 / 1:4
2048	64	up to 512	up to 16	1:8 / 1:4
2048	128	up to 512	up to 32	1:8 / 1:4
2048	192	up to 512	up to 48	1:8 / 1:4
2048	256	up to 512	up to 64	1:8 / 1:4
2048	384	up to 512	up to 96	1:8 / 1:4
2048	512	up to 512	up to 128	1:8 / 1:4
2048	1024	up to 512	up to 256	1:8 / 1:4

Used satellite equipment:

C-Band system with 1.8m antenna, 5W transmitter and NetModem II with cables and accessories for T-10 and NSS-7, max 256 kbit/s uplink
C-Band System with 2.4m antenna, 5W transmitter and NetModem II with cables and accessories for T-10 and NSS-7

Why our service?

Our iDirect - enabled services incorporate 1:8 and 1:4 contention ratios which so far are one of the best ratios on the market suitable for any kind of bandwidth intensive environments, especially Enterprise, Internet Cafe and ISP applications. Contention ratio indicates how many remote terminals are sharing the single segment the lower the amount is, the more quality service you get and the more stabile the service is. Just to mention, a ratio of 1:8 is widely used in terrestrial Frame Relay connectivity offers in Europe and US and is a standard of a high-quality broadband Internet access service worldwide.
Contention ratio (so called sharing ratio): so far this is one of the main indicators of a service stability, reliability and performance in general. The customer needs to draw maximum amount of attention possible on the contention ratio of the burstable Internet connectivity link one is going to purchase.

VPM Global Internet provides S LA (Service Level Agreement) with all iDirect-enabled services we offer. Basically, providing our customers with SLA means that we guarantee you a high-quality Internet access service which will be available at 98.2% of all the time and better. If we fail to provide such a service quality we advertise - we return your money. Just FYI, Technologie Satelitarne's iDirect service uptime was near 99.5% throughout the whole 2004 and we have a 100% customer satisfaction. We would be glad to provide you with a reference of some customers already running on our iDirect-enabled services.

VPM Global Internet iDirect-enabled service includes CIR (dedicated segment) quotas, defined by the SLA to assure toll free business quality to transport VoIP, Videoconferencing and streaming applications. The CIR is available on a 24h/7d basis and is dynamically re-allocated by the NetModem's QoS mechanism to prioritize VoIP and streaming traffic and assure toll free quality of voice despite any current bandwidth load.

HTTP and TCP Acceleration is already integrated into the VPM Global Internet iDirect service. This kind of acceleration provides up to 400% speed boost over the standard non-accelerated VSAT service by overcoming the RTT latency issues caused by the high distance between the Earth and the satellite. Users love the fast response and the download speeds of accelerated iDirect service.

Scalability and flexibility - time passes and networks grow, the amount of computers is raising and the overall bandwidth demand always tend to increase. This is common for any kind of project, including an Enterprise network, Internet cafe or ISP. iDirect offers you a flexible possibility to start with the minimal service level and upgrade it smoothly up to the high-end class without investing additional funds into the VSAT equipment. iDirect offers to it's owners to start mutliservice long-term projects with minimal recurring investments. Depending on the type of application, you can grow from a small network of 10 users into an ISP segment with 1500 subscribers on the same equipment and still have freedom to scale further.

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