Satellite Communication in Nigeria

Though there are many ways of connecting to the Internet, like copper wires, microwave, fiber optics, etc., the backbone. (Generally when we mention the term "Internet backfastest channel is fiber optics. However, employing fiber optics requires an existing connection to the Internet bone", we are referring to the main pipes along which data is transferred; the central data transmission lines. The backbone is not operated by any one company or government, though  both operate individual components of the Internet backbone.)

Because the Internet backbone doesn't pass through most countries in Africa, organizations and institutions within these countries who want to have access to the Internet generally must do so via satellites.  Either they own the ground station or they connect via phone lines through Internet Service Providers (ISPs.)   These ground stations receive from and transmit data to the Internet via a hub provided by the Satellite Service Providers.  Because there is no Internet backbone passing through Nigeria at the moment, Internet users only have access to the Internet via satellites and not through fibers, copper wires, telephones etc.

In Nigeria, individuals or companies who want access to the Internet typically do so via ISP's, which provide them with access to  space on a satellite from which the ISP itself has acquired space (bandwidth).

The basic Satellite connection can be provided for individuals directly or to a network of computers: