a high speed teleconferencing apparatus and method , the apparatus including an encoding unit that encodes and compresses a first digital signal to produce a first compressed encoded signal , a multiplexer unit that receives and splits the first compressed encoded signal into at least two split compressed encoded signals , at least two converter units that receive a respective one of the at least two split first compressed encoded signals and respectively producing at least two first synchronous signals , and at least two output units that receive a respective one of at least two first synchronous signals and output at least two first adapted synchronous signals to a data link . the at least two output units can be , for example , two ccit units that output at least two high speed first synchronous signals to a high speed data link . the at least two output units can also be two microwave transmitting units that respectively modulate a first microwave signal with the at least two first synchronous signals and combine the modulated signals to output a first combined microwave signal to the data link . the system can transmit information such as an audio / video signal of broadcast quality or file information via satellite to / from any location .