The antenna size limits the amount of data that you can carry over a circuit. It is a complicated calculation based upon a client's location relative to the satellite power footprint. When we know your requirements we can guide you to your decision.
Satellite bandwidth is not cheap and some companies have designed a product that seems to offer cheap bandwidth. Their solution is to sell shared bandwidth. In other words they will buy 1 Meg from the satellite owner and resell this same bandwidth ten times — they gamble that not all of their clients will need bandwidth at the same time. At peak times yhis gamble normally fails and the clients are left competing for the limited bandwidth space. If the client is running VoIP telephone service, the conversation is broken up and choppy, if they are running data the download speed becomes very slow.
Each satellite beam coverage pattern has power and sensitivity contours which are fundamental to the dish size required, so your location is important. At the outer, lower level contours larger dish sizes are required.In order to transmit a sufficiently powerful signal to the satellite you need a combination of transmitter power (from the Block Up Converter or BUC) measured in watts, plus a dish size with enough gain. If There may be a trade off to be done if there is the possibility of a smaller dish and high power amplifier or larger dish and low power amplifier.In our design we address all of these facts, giving you enough information to make the choice that is best for your business.
Choosing the wrong antenna (dish) size can result in much higher monthly bandwidth fees. Often a savvy client will pay more for the equipment at the beginning knowing that their lower monthly bandwidth costs will pay back their original investment in just a few months.
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