[Aric2000]

But over the equator is where the satelites would be at the 22,000 mile mark, or thereabouts, but above the equator the satelites would have to be a little closer to the earth?

Correct, or am I Just looking at it totally wrong?

[PatrickHenry]

Googling around, I blundered into this website: Geosynchronous Orbit.

[VadeRetro]

Found a good web page on the topic.

Here are two example orbits, one geosynchronous and one geostationary.

The geostationary is circular and right on the equator. The geosynchronous is circular and inclined. Both include the center of the earth. No stable orbit will let you hover over a pole. There is such a thing as a polar orbit, but it crosses both poles.

As such, there is only one geostationary orbit—a belt circling the earth's equator at an altitude of roughly 35,786 kilometers.