"The simple ease of setting up a small ground base to satellite station is easy! "
Exactly. Consider Starlink. To set it up is roughly:
1) Set the little antenna array outside somewhere with a clear view of the sky. 2) Run the Ethernet cable to some convenient place to put the WiFi router. 3) Apply power to the router and have a coffee while the array figures out where to point itself and establishes contact with the satellite constellation.
About the time you finish the coffee, your people, including those that are on your payroll, can start exchanging information with whoever they want using the applications they use every day. By the way those applications are almost universally encrypted, so there are no concerns about sending sensitive medical, security or financial information in the clear.
Can we do at least as well as that?
de KM1P Joe