Many of these applications must also be accessed simultaneously by employees, customers and partners. This is fueling demand for transport from service providers. Demand for data services is the fastest-growing segment of the service provider industry. Satellite offers several transport advantages over terrestrial networks that make it well suited for a number of applications. Global coverage capabilities make satellite accessible anywhere in the world.
Satellite is a cost-effective way to deliver certain types of traffic.
For example, a European ISP can establish an asymmetric connection to the U.S. Internet backbone via satellite. With a small channel from Europe to the U.S. and a large channel back, the ISP can cost-effectively transport high volumes of content from U.S. web servers to European customers. Satellite also provides bandwidth flexibility. Service providers can differentiate IP transport services with offerings that provide incremental increases in bandwidth or bandwidth on demand. Satellite also transports broadband and multicast data effectively.