| <!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { | | | | able to do quite a few things only that they could |
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| Throughout the states of Tennessee and | | | | they could do before, though now in a mere |
| Louisiana, there are a lot of small towns and rural | | | | fraction of the time. Satellite service allows its |
| districts. The populations of some of these towns | | | | users to do things like work and earn a degree |
| are absolutely miniscule. Take Parrottsville, TN, for | | | | from home, shop and make reservations online, |
| example, and Eros, LA — both of which have | | | | check email efficiently, download large files, and |
| just over 200 residents. Fayetteville, TN, and | | | | stream music and videos. |
| Benton, LA, by comparison, with about 7,000 and | | | | |
| 2,000 residents respectively, are relatively densely | | | | And perhaps the very best part of all is that |
| populated. | | | | satellite Internet service is available almost |
| | | | | anywhere within North America, let alone within |
| Regardless of their exact size, though, each and | | | | the states of Tennessee and Louisiana. Really, the |
| every one of the places mentioned above — | | | | only geographical stipulation for getting satellite |
| and many other small towns across the states of | | | | service is that you have a clear, unobstructed |
| Tennessee and Louisiana — are home to | | | | view of the southern sky from wherever your |
| numerous people living without the luxury that the | | | | satellite dish is going to be mounted. |
| high-speed Internet connections that come with | | | | |
| wired broadband services like DSL and cable | | | | If you are a Parrottsville, Eros, Fayetteville, or |
| afford. | | | | Benton resident, or from any other small down or |
| | | | | rural community in Tennessee or Louisiana and |
| For many of these people, when it comes to | | | | are ready to make the switch from snail-paced |
| connecting to the Internet, dial-up service has | | | | dial-up Internet service to lightning-fast satellite |
| been the only option up until now. And dial-up | | | | Internet service, you will have a number of |
| Internet — for those of you who are really | | | | different possible packages to pick from. |
| living in the dark ages — is both slow and | | | | Depending on your individual needs and how much |
| outdated. If you are one of the unlucky people still | | | | money you are willing to spend on your service |
| stuck using this practically prehistoric service, you | | | | per month, it is possible to get connection speeds |
| know that it can take forever to do something as | | | | that are as many as 50 times faster than normal |
| simple as check your email or visit a website | | | | dial-up speeds. For people who want to use the |
| — and do not even think about trying to | | | | Internet extensively and do a lot of downloading, |
| stream a music clip or download a video file. But | | | | packages with such connection speeds are great. |
| for these people, there is now an alternative. And | | | | But if you are planning on more moderate |
| the name of this alternative is satellite Internet. | | | | Internet use, you can save money by choosing a |
| | | | | satellite Internet package with slower speeds |
| People switching from dial-up service to satellite | | | | (that are still much faster than dial-up speeds). |
| Internet service will find that they are suddenly | | | | |