Speaker: Rob Longhurst
Organisation: Drasticom
Talk Summary:
Introduction
What is VSAT?
A quick background to VSAT.
What can you do with VSAT?
What is it good for?
What limitations does it have?
Different types of systems
C Band and Ku Band
Broadcast origins vs IP
Deployment issues
Sizing
Shared vs dedicated and CIR
Licensing
Power requirements
Training
Usage
Disaster response – where does VSAT fit?
Missions programs
Business as mission
Speaker Biography:
Rob Longhurst has worked in the IT industry since 1983, working in senior management positions in software and systems firms for over a decade. He set up his own consultancy business in 1997, project managing for companies like BP Oil and one of the UK’s largest banks. His exposure to missions started in around 1995, and since then, he founded a secure email provider for missions, and was IT Director for Mission Aviation Fellowship for 3 years. He was involved in the tsunami response in Indonesia, setting up two “internet cafés” with the UN for supporting relief workers. He co-founded DRASTIC in 2005 and has been providing broadband VSAT connections for Missions and NGO’s into the developing world. He holds an MSc in IT and Management from Sheffield Hallam University in the UK.
