The main jest of satellite communication is to have people in low populated areas or in areas where using fiber or regular copper is just too expensive and a waste of time. With the next year satellite providers hope to have two-way satellite that will do away with the analog modem and give you 200 kbps upstream. Still, satellite lags because of the great distances its data has to travel. Another problem satellite has is cost and security. The cost problem only comes in affect when you make satellites and put them into use.
Fiber optics is the new medium that is changing the information technology dream into reality.
The new delivery system can move data with today's technology at rates up to 8000 million bits per second. The fastest wireless technology according to Airswitch, can only move data at under 45 million bits per second. Those who can dream of the possibilities of tomorrow's networks today are the ones who will deliver the technology of the future.