For Streaming Video, Satellite's Far Better Than Net-for Now.(Technology Information)

Senior contributing columnist Michael Dillon is an ISP consultant for Memra Communications Inc., an applications development firm in British Columbia, Canada.

Q: Would you recommend buying into a satellite network or investing in streaming video over the Internet? Which is a better investment, and which is more reliable?

A: Streaming video is likely to work much better over a satellite connection than over the Internet. This is assuming that you will be doing one-way streaming video from a direct broadcast satellite system just like the ones used for televis