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Low Cost – High Speed – Two Way Internet Via

SatelliteDouglas Armstrong

Web-Sat Ltd.World Bank, Washington DC 02-

Dec-02

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About Web-Sat• Pioneer in low-cost 2-way internet

via satellite• Europe-Middle East – North Africa

service– Eutelsat W3

• West Africa Service (with DOPC)– Panamsat PAS-1R

• Canada

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Benefits of 2-way Internet via Satellite

• Deployable almost anywhere– No phone connection required

• Low cost– Small antenna, variety of packages

• Easy installation– One hour process, within days of order

• High speed and performance– Always-on connection; 20+ times faster than ISDN

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Marketing Web-Sat Service

• Europe (W3) Distributor model– Problems and challenges: multiple distributors,

overcharging, non-payment, licenses, billing, other…• West Africa Service partner model

– Direct On PC [Nigeria] = regional marketing/sales/installation/customer care

– Web-Sat = technology partner, hub management• Canada Outsource model

– Novanet (Ajax, Ontario) 100% own-managed network

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Web-Sat Milestones• Armstrong Electronics: sat

transmission since 1988• 1994 ESA contract for interactive

training in Poland (one way system)• 1997: 2-way system launched at

London Trade show (16kbit/s uplink)• 2000: 64kbit/s system

– TDMA, compression, spoofing

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www.web-sat.com