The chairman of UKspace, a trade association for Britain's space industry, has unsurprisingly suggested that future Satellite broadband services could provide a "faster" Internet access solution for consumers if the right investment were made.


Sticking an Internet cache in the sky is all well and good for basic website access but it doesn't solve the technologies problems with dynamic data latency (too high for multiplayer gaming and trouble for a lot of other low latency requiring apps).

Similarly the issue of high equipment and service subscription costs remain a factor, as are the often meagre usage allowances offered by consumer Satellite packages. Raw speed will improve but in 5 - 10 years time we should have a lot of 100Mbps fibre optic broadband networks to choose from.