| Many families are choosing to travel less this | | | | This technology represents a breakthrough, |
| holiday season due to fuel prices and the hassles | | | | particularly where services that require |
| of air travel. This doesn't mean that families | | | | interactivity are concerned, such as pay-per-view |
| cannot see each other. In fact, with a broadband | | | | sporting events, on-demand movies and other, |
| Internet connection, it's possible to see and talk to | | | | similar services. |
| anyone, anywhere in the world for free. | | | | The backbone of satellite Internet services is this |
| For a long time, families that lived away from a | | | | capacity for two way communication between |
| city or town didn't have access to the broadband | | | | the subscriber's dish and the satellite. Information |
| internet that makes this possible. Dial-up | | | | can be requested from the Internet, relayed to |
| connections were too slow to accommodate | | | | the servers via the satellite and sent back to the |
| communications technologies like webcam chat. | | | | subscriber in the same fashion. It's sometimes |
| With the advent of satellite Internet, however, | | | | hard to believe that the click of a user's keyboard |
| anyone who has satellite television service can | | | | becomes information that is carried all the way |
| also avail themselves of a broadband connection | | | | into space and back to Earth in less than a |
| that makes getting in on the fun of | | | | second. This, however, is exactly the case where |
| communicating online possible. | | | | satellite broadband service is concerned. |
| Satellite Internet access is one of the most | | | | For keeping-in-touch activities such as chatting via |
| significant breakthroughs in communications | | | | webcam or voice chat, this means that no matter |
| technology brought about by the digital age. The | | | | how far over the river and through the woods |
| technology allows anyone to enjoy the benefits | | | | grandma might live, she has access to the |
| of broadband Internet no matter where they're | | | | broadband technology that allows friends and |
| located. All that's required is a clear shot at the | | | | family to stop by for a visit, even when they're |
| southern sky, a small satellite dish mounted to the | | | | sitting in their own homes anywhere in the world! |
| roof and modems similar to those used for any | | | | Broadband satellite Internet access has enjoyed |
| other Internet access. | | | | great adoption among consumers which has |
| Satellite technology is not new and, since the first | | | | served to drive the prices ever lower. Today, this |
| satellites were launched, using them for | | | | technology that was once only available to the |
| communication has been one of the foremost | | | | wealthiest corporations is now available in any |
| applications of the technology. Formerly, home | | | | home, oftentimes at a price that's less than that |
| satellite services were a one way affair: the | | | | commanded by other forms of broadband |
| satellite sent signals to the dish in the subscriber's | | | | Internet access. Because satellite Internet access |
| yard or on their roof and provided the television | | | | is available anywhere, this means that the most |
| service. Today's satellites, however, allow the | | | | affordable solution is also the easiest one to |
| subscriber to send a signal to the satellite itself. | | | | access! |