[Illbay]

2.4 megabits per second

Your raw speed was 2402404.27 bits per second which is the same as:

Communications 2.4 megabits per second

How communication devices are rated. Kilo means 1,000 and mega means 1,000,000. Examples include 56k modem and 10Mbit Ethernet

Storage 293.3 kilobytes per second
The way data is measured on your hard drive and how file sharing and FTP programs measure transfer speeds. Kilo is 1,024 and mega is 1,048,576.

1MB file download 3.5 seconds
The time it would take you to download a 1 megabyte file at this speed.

Rating

Compared to all connection types worldwide, yours is fantastic

[Starwind]

HAL9000

Illbay gets good results from Starband (see posts from #25 on)

Not trying to start a dispute, but did you use Starband? You didn't comment on which satellite service you did use.