Virtual private networking and satellite internet technologies are not designed to work together. Two technical limitations of satellite internet services, high latency and slow upload speed, greatly impact the performance of a VPN.
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Virtual private networks require a high bandwidth, low latency connection to function efficiently. Satellite internet services typically suffer from high latency due to the long distance satellite signals must travel.
Most satellite internet services typically support low upstream bandwidth. Satellite bandwidth for uploads is much slower than for downloads, and not much faster than that of dial-up internet services. VPNs require high bandwidth for both uploads and downloads.
Despite these limitations, it is technically possible to use most VPN solutions with most satellite internet services. The following caveats apply:
