| If you are a person who has always lived in an | | | | It is simple to get connected to satellite Internet |
| area with high speed Internet access consider | | | | through a national provider. You will be equipped |
| yourself to be one of the lucky ones. Are you | | | | with a small satellite dish, an uplink and downlink |
| surprised to learn that this is not the case in all | | | | modem, and some coaxial cables. The satellite dish |
| areas? Many people are. It's common that in rural | | | | will be located somewhere on your property that |
| areas they don't have access to the technology | | | | gives it a clear view of the southern sky so that |
| necessary for cable or DSL Internet connections. | | | | you can easily send and receive signals from the |
| Although dial up is slow and frustrating, it's better | | | | satellite in space. The dish will be connected to the |
| than nothing right? Unfortunately, in some very | | | | modems inside your home by way of the coaxial |
| rural areas getting access to even a dial up | | | | cables. Then you will have cables that lead from |
| connection might not be possible. Even when it is | | | | that modem to your home computer. |
| people find that it is frustrating to use even the | | | | Maybe you're assuming that this service is going |
| simplest online functions with dial up. Emailing is fine | | | | to be expensive since it might be the only option |
| for the most part, but if someone emails you a | | | | for certain people. Luckily that assumption would |
| photo, a video, or a link to a website, you could | | | | be incorrect. Even though some people only have |
| be waiting for an hour just to see what you have | | | | this as their only Internet option, it is often less |
| received. The best solution to this issue is satellite | | | | expensive that cable or DSL connections. For this |
| Internet. | | | | reason some people in areas that do have cable |
| With satellite Internet you don't need telephone | | | | and DSL available still choose to go with a satellite |
| lines or cable access to get connected. Instead | | | | Internet connection in order to save some |
| you use satellite technology. You have a small | | | | money. |
| satellite dish that uses two way data | | | | You don't have to be restrained by where you |
| communications. This might not be as fast as the | | | | have chosen to live anymore. With a satellite |
| Internet that you get from cable or DSL | | | | Internet connection you can be connected at a |
| connections, but it is much faster than dial up. In | | | | high speed to the Internet just like you would in |
| fact, in some cases it can be up to 40 times | | | | Philadelphia or San Francisco. With all of the uses |
| faster than dial up. This means that you will be | | | | of the Internet these days it seems impossible to |
| able to view that photo, video or website that | | | | go without it. With a connection from satellite |
| your friend emailed you. With satellite Internet it | | | | Internet you will never have to. |
| won't be a problem. | | | | |