| Anyone who is dealing with dialup internet service | | | | except you'll be working at much higher speeds. |
| on a daily basis has come to expect the worst, | | | | 3. Your home will remain a telephone bank. Using |
| so many subscribers are skeptical of what | | | | the telephone to power an internet connection |
| satellite internet can really do. Will it make those | | | | has made people believe that this system is |
| dark days of dialup service a distant memory or | | | | essential to get online. When you look at the |
| will it just be a move from one underachiever to | | | | other service options, you'll realize that dialup is |
| another? If you are dug in with a dialup | | | | the only one which uses the telephone lines. When |
| connection, such skepticism is justified. However, | | | | you consider it offers the least amount of |
| there are many points about satellite internet that | | | | bandwidth, you'll realize that the telephone is not |
| are confusing those who might benefit the most | | | | an essential tool in this process. Satellite service |
| from this service. Here are five. | | | | works without a phone connection, allowing you |
| 1. At the end of the day, you won't notice a | | | | to get rid of any extra phone lines. |
| change. Of all the myths being circulated about | | | | 4. Your daily online activities will need to go in a |
| satellite internet, perhaps the most erroneous is | | | | new direction. Switching to satellite broadband |
| that there will be no change. Some satellite | | | | won't mean you have to make any changes in |
| connections are going 45-50 times faster than | | | | your daily use of the internet. It's the same |
| dialup - hardly something an internet user wouldn't | | | | internet after all, and if you want to keep your |
| notice. Couple that with the fact that your | | | | email accounts, that is also an option. You put |
| connection stays on with satellite service and you | | | | yourself in the driver's seat when you opt for |
| can avoid the draining process of logging on, you'll | | | | satellite service. |
| be hard-pressed to claim you won't notice any | | | | 5. Satellite connections are going to have a |
| difference. | | | | negative effect, ecologically speaking. If you are |
| 2. By the time you get everything set up, you'll | | | | wondering about the impact a satellite connection |
| wish you hadn't lifted a finger. When you are | | | | will have on the environment, you can rest |
| dealing with the satellite internet installation and the | | | | assured that there will be no major effects on |
| orientation process, you won't have to get | | | | the ecosystem. Satellites in space are |
| involved whatsoever. The installation is handled by | | | | solar-powered, while the amount of fuel it takes |
| a professional (a federal requirement) and it | | | | for a launch is negligible. When you look over the |
| doesn't take longer than an afternoon to be up | | | | details, you'll see that satellite service is a perfect |
| and running. You simply will turn on your computer | | | | option for someone who is concerned about the |
| and get started as you would on any other day, | | | | environment. |