Can you, or anyone with an actual operating Tooway VSAT, please measure the mains power consumption ?
A normal domestic or business mains power useage meter has a disk going round plus counters or, on more modern meters, a flashing LED plus LCD readout. With the Tooway terminal powered on take readings say 30 min apart and then turn off the Tooway and record another reading 30 min later. That should give a good idea, provided you don't switch anything else on on/off !
By the way: Using a plug in power meter my laptop uses: 50 watts on power up then uses 50 watts until the battery is fully charged then goes down to about 35 watts for normal use. I have tested this on more than one laptop and it is more or less correct. (December 2010)
A globesurfer 3G modem uses about 7watts constantly.
