| Coming from a generation where the internet | | | | business and even families are switching to |
| was as much a part of college as cramped dorm | | | | satellite broadband service, and are finally |
| rooms, bad dining hall food and wild Friday night | | | | discovering just what all the fuss is about. |
| frat parties, it is almost impossible to imagine the | | | | Unlike wireless internet, satellite relies on a modem |
| four years without it. College students nowadays | | | | that is connected to a satellite. While it is also |
| rely on the internet for everything from social | | | | wireless, it is a vast improvement over previous |
| networking and staying in touch with friends | | | | technologies. For one, the reliance on a satellite |
| around the country, to research for papers and | | | | means the signal can reach just about every |
| communicating with classmates. Professors now | | | | corner of the globe. People living in rural or |
| often post lecture notes online, have their own | | | | remote areas have always struggled with being |
| websites, and ask the midterm and final papers | | | | able to access a reliable internet connection, since |
| be turned in via the web. In short, college | | | | geographic location has a lot to do with the |
| students would not know how to go about their | | | | strength of a wireless signal. This ability to reach |
| lives without relying on the internet, and that is | | | | across the globe is incredibly useful for college |
| why it is vital to have the best, most efficient | | | | students, since they often need to be able to |
| service possible. Thanks to recent developments | | | | access information or even people that are |
| in technology, students can now use satellite | | | | scattered around the world. A student in Los |
| internet, unarguably the fastest and most reliable | | | | Angeles might be writing a paper on the Ancient |
| service available. | | | | Egyptians, and need information that is only |
| As most of us can remember, the early days of | | | | available in a library in Cairo. Thanks to satellite |
| the internet meant a slow connection that relied | | | | internet broadband, the library in Cairo can upload |
| on a dial up modem to in order to get online. | | | | their information onto the web, and send it to the |
| Since this was often connected to a phone line, it | | | | student in Los Angeles in almost no time at all. |
| was slow and unreliable. It would often take | | | | With previous technologies, this would never have |
| several attempts to make a connection and | | | | been possible. |
| would tie up phone lines if there were not multiple | | | | This is also important for students who are |
| lines in the house. From this form came wireless | | | | studying internationally, on an exchange or study |
| internet, which was a vast improvement since it | | | | abroad program. Through satellite service, they |
| meant you were no longer tied down by chords | | | | are able to stay in contact with their home |
| and wires. You could set up one modem in your | | | | universities, and also communicate with friends |
| home or office, and then access the internet | | | | and family back in their country. Knowing that you |
| from anywhere in the vicinity. This is still a popular | | | | can stay connected no matter how far away you |
| choice for many internet users, though it is no | | | | are is an invaluable service, and one that satellite |
| longer the most advanced. Many universities, | | | | technology makes possible. |