| Are you in the modern age? If you answered | | | | is no comparison? It takes only a simple illustration |
| yes, then you probably have a cell phone or | | | | to demonstrate why most people are opting for |
| mobile device; you might use a laptop computer, | | | | satellite. If an Internet user wants to regularly |
| DVD player or even a DVR to record television | | | | send photographs to family members they can |
| programs; and you most likely surf the Internet. | | | | expect to wait from two to four minutes for a |
| Any modern Internet user wants to be able to | | | | small photographic file to download. This is the |
| quickly navigate from site to site and wait only | | | | smallest file, such as the one-half megabyte size |
| seconds for images, music or even movies to | | | | and is a poor quality image. If, however, the same |
| download. Interestingly, less than 80% of homes | | | | person used satellite Internet to send images of |
| and business have access to the broadband | | | | that size, they would see the transaction |
| services that have made this sort of | | | | completed in roughly four seconds. That is a |
| performance the “norm”. | | | | difference of at least ten times the speed. |
| So, what does everyone else do? They choose | | | | Consider that the above illustration applies to the |
| between dial up or satellite Internet service. When | | | | home user, but what about the business user? A |
| a direct comparison is made between the two | | | | rural business owner will need to send and receive |
| varieties, however, there really is no | | | | a great deal of data across the Internet, and with |
| “choice” at all. | | | | satellite service they could easily receive the |
| Dial up is the very first form of Internet | | | | same sort of speed as their urban counterparts. |
| connectivity, but in the modern era it is a real | | | | Additionally, they could use their Internet |
| dinosaur. Pages load at glacial speeds, signals can | | | | connection without losing the use of their phone, |
| be lost due to poor phone lines or services, and | | | | or alternately paying the high cost of a second |
| any technical glitch can shut down the connection | | | | commercial line. |
| instantly. Unfortunately, this has been the only | | | | It is also important to note that rural dial up |
| option for a majority of rural home and business | | | | customers must deal with the loss of the phone |
| owners…until now. | | | | line, the additional costs of a second line, and even |
| Currently there are satellite Internet services that | | | | long-distance rates applied to their connection. All |
| can provide the exact same kind of high-speed | | | | of this can add up to so much money each |
| connectivity and reliability as those delivered by | | | | month that the rural Internet user ceases to use |
| the broadband networks that rural areas may not | | | | the service at all. |
| yet have any access to. A satellite connection can | | | | The rural Internet user should choose satellite if |
| be used by anyone in any location, and the only | | | | possible because it is a cost-effective and highly |
| real requirement for obtaining service is that the | | | | efficient option. It is easy to install and use, and |
| home or property has a good and clear view of | | | | will bump even the most rural homeowner into |
| the southern sky. | | | | the modern era. |
| Is satellite really that superior to dial up that there | | | | |