{"id":3361,"date":"2005-06-03T06:30:50","date_gmt":"2005-06-03T06:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/e-commerce\/satellite-internet-its-back.html"},"modified":"2005-06-03T06:30:50","modified_gmt":"2005-06-03T06:30:50","slug":"satellite-internet-its-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/voip\/satellite-internet-its-back.html","title":{"rendered":"Satellite Internet \u2013 It\u2019s Back"},"content":{"rendered":"

I remember in the mid nineties \u2013 was it 1995? — I was at an Internet World show in LA and I met with people from DirecPC, a division of DirecTV who extolled the virtues of browsing by satellite. I was intrigued but never tried the service. According to the WSJ<\/a> a new effort is underway from a number of companies to provide us once again with satellite Internet service. When I say \u201cus\u201d I mean people in rural areas as prices for such services are not cheap.<\/p>\n

WildBlue Communications<\/a> in fact, one of such providers is going to charge $299-$479 for equipment plus $49.95 for basic service. The download speed of the service should be around 1.5 megabits per second. DirecWay (formerly DirecPC) charges slightly more for their service as well as their installation.<\/p>\n

The problem with Satellite \u2013 and cable for that matter, is upload speed which ranges from 128 kbps to 200 kbps for WildBlue.<\/p>\n

The rural market could see competition drive prices down. If broadband over power line becomes reality and WiMAX really happens, we can all expect lower prices for broadband. I trust the FCC will be doing everything they can to foster a strong competitive environment for broadband.<\/p>\n

Many of us talk about VoIP competition and how important it is. While this is true, it is really broadband competition that is needed to ensure a vibrant VoIP market. Having the cable companies and LECs as the dominant broadband providers is not the best solution for consumers. We need more competition and I welcome satellite as the renewed way to access the high speed internet.<\/p>\n

If you are interested in learning more about broadband over power lines, check out BPL Today<\/a>.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I remember in the mid nineties \u2013 was it 1995? — I was at an Internet World show in LA and I met with people from DirecPC, a division of DirecTV who extolled the virtues of browsing by satellite. I was intrigued but never tried the service. According to the WSJ a new effort is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[191],"tags":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3361"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3361\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}