| California is a state that is always ahead of the | | | | also made it possible to access the internet in WiFi |
| curve. Whether it be politically, culturally or | | | | equipped locations, such as restaurants or cafe. |
| technologically, Californians believe in pushing the | | | | This had just about everyone posting up at their |
| limits of what is possible. They are always the | | | | local Starbucks, spending all afternoon sipping |
| first to try new things and the ones striving for | | | | lattes and sending emails. |
| innovation. Frankly, the rest of the country looks | | | | While wireless is still an extremely popular service |
| to California to get a grasp on things to come and | | | | in the majority of the country, it is not nearly as |
| to get a sense of where the rest of us are | | | | advanced as satellite broadband. This new |
| headed. In terms of technology, California has | | | | technology connects your computer to a modem |
| become the capital of innovation and | | | | that is then connected to a satellite. The |
| development. Silicon Valley, the area that is home | | | | satellite’s signal is significantly stronger than |
| to some of the largest tech companies in the | | | | any other internet connection before it. As a |
| world, and the birthplace to some of the greatest | | | | result, the service is extremely fast and reliable. |
| technological achievements of our time, is located | | | | Downloads and uploads take only seconds instead |
| in the heart of the San Francisco Bay Area. As a | | | | of minutes, or worse, all afternoon. Web pages |
| result, California has become synonymous with | | | | load in the blink of an eye and files can be |
| technological advancement. | | | | accessed quickly and hassle free. The satellite |
| It is no surprise then that Californian’s have | | | | connection also allows for internet service in even |
| been some of the first to utilize the latest | | | | the most remote. In the past, it was almost |
| advancement in internet technology: satellite | | | | impossible to get a reliable connection if you lived |
| internet. When the internet was first developed, it | | | | away from a highly populated place, or had a |
| was a decidedly slow and inefficient service, | | | | geographic obstacle in your way, like a mountain |
| though considered revolutionary at the time. This | | | | range. With satellite internet broadband, you can |
| dial-up system relied on a modem that was | | | | receive a strong signal no matter how remote |
| connected to a phone line, making it slow and | | | | your location. |
| unreliable. Connections were often dropped and it | | | | It is now wonder then that California residents |
| could take all morning to simply log on to the | | | | have been switching to satellite service in record |
| world wide web. From this initial system came | | | | numbers. California is a geographically diverse |
| wireless internet, a much more advanced | | | | state, and with a satellite, residents living high in |
| technology that allows users to set up one | | | | the Sierra Nevadas or in the desert outside of |
| modem in their home, and then access the | | | | Palm Springs can still receive the fastest |
| internet from any room, without having to hook | | | | connection available. It is only a matter of time |
| up their computer to chords or cables. Wireless | | | | before the rest of the country catches on. |