Jun 12 16:04 2018, Björn Felten wrote to Ward Dossche:
BF> All in all, internet via satellite was an exciting idea 20+ years BF> ago, but now is as outdated as a POTS modem call -- that I actually BF> used for distributing updated versions of the various programs I made BF> for the Psion Corporation back in the late 1980s and early 1990s. BF> Hence my BBS name: -=P=I=X=-, Psion Information eXchange.
There are LEO satellites for data communications and their number is increasing (IIRC, two new projects are on the way).