VSAT is Short form for very small aperture terminal. It is a satellite communication system which is useful for both home and business users. It mainly consists of two parts, a transceiver in direct line of sight to the satellite and a device to interface the transceiver with the communications device, such as a PC. The transceiver receives or sends a signal to a satellite transponder in the sky. The satellite sends and receives signals from a ground station computer that acts as a hub for the system. Each end user is interconnected with the hub station via the satellite; forming a Star topology. The hub controls the entire operation of the network. For one end user to communicate with another, each transmission has to first go to the hub station that then retransmits it via the satellite to the other end user's VSAT. VSAT can handle up to 56 Kbps.