SES Broadband
SES Broadband (formerly ASTRA2Connect ) is a service provided by the satellite operator SES Astra two-way Internet access via satellite. SES has the satellite Internet subsidiary renamed on 1 March 2012 in SES Broadband Services.
SES Astra is for the broadband offer a satellite at 23.5 ° East. This does not occur Astra from Luxembourg with the customers directly in contact, but rather leaves the marketing channel partners in the target countries. SES Broadband serves to offer in underserved areas without other available Internet connection options ( such as DSL or LTE) high-speed Internet access. These SES Broadband flat rate service offers packages of up to 10 Mbit / s. Use contracts are lockable only on a limited partner of SES Astra.
Technology
Customers use SES Broadband via a separate 75 -cm satellite antenna with an interactive low-noise signal converter ( iLNB ). This iLNB is significantly larger than a normal signal converter ( LNB), since it also includes the sending unit, and has ventilation slots for cooling. The iLNB operates in Ku-band and transmits in the frequency range from 14.00125 to 14.02725 GHz to the satellite. The reception area from the satellite is not listed on the website of the Federal Network Agency is accurate and from 11.7 to 12.5 GHz. The iLNB will have two antenna cables (one of iLNB and the other comes to him hinführend ) connected to the related modem that connects to the computer.