ya, anything that comes through satellites is susceptible to atmospheric conditions especially rains and that includes internet through satellite.
Here is the extract from the blog by Manu Sharma in his website
*orangehues.com/blog/2007/03/conspiracy-called-tata-sky.html Interested Digiticians can go through the whole blog. I am full of admiration for his exposition and thank him for giving me this knowledge.
UPDATE, Sep-01:
TRAI Issues DTH Regulations: Big Win For Consumers
Over the past six months, this post has reached an estimated 100,000 people (directly and through word-of-mouth) and has received over 300 comments. But today all those who have suffered through the hands of their DTH operator have a chance to rejoice. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has just issued DTH guidelines that address almost all the issues raised in this post about six months ago and others identified in the comments.
From December 2007 onwards: DTH providers cannot lock you to use their own hardware - the STBs will now work with all providers. They must provide hardware refunds if the consumer wishes to return it. They must attend complaints of quality within a specified period. Prepayment vouchers must not be only paying mechanism. Providers cannot suddenly cancel any pay channel in a short period and without previous notice. Best of all, you can now choose which channels to watch - you don't have to subscribe to channel bouquet offered by the provider!
This is a major win for all those who have expressed their experiences of poor customer service and deceitful practices of Tata Sky. I'd like to think that this post too made a small contribution in bringing the issues to TRAI's attention. I did contact them several months ago with a copy of this post and comments. Although they were already working on DTH regulation at that time, yet many issues raised in this post were missing from their DTH consultation paper issued in Feb.
These problems have now been addressed. We'll never know if this post made a difference but ultimately what matters is that consumer rights have been upheld and DTH operators brought under control. Tata Sky and other operators can no longer do anything they want making a mockery of consumer rights.
To read more about the regulations, see the following stories:
Hindustan Times: Change DTH operator, keep set top box
Hindustan Times: Come December, order DTH a la carte
Business Standard: Trai directs DTH cos to offer refunds
Rediff: TRAI to bat for DTH customers
OOPS.................This is my 100th post and a well deserved tribute to Manu Sharma.