| te Internet has allowed thousands of rural and | | | | when you compare satellite Internet side by side |
| remote users the opportunity to access the | | | | with dial-up service. |
| Internet at high speeds that can be as high as 50 | | | | Satellite Internet has a variety of plan levels that |
| times faster than dial-up. When the DSL revolution | | | | you can choose from depending on your level of |
| took place, many rural and remote users were | | | | use of the Internet and the amount of speed you |
| left out in the cold because phone and cable | | | | desire. You can access the Internet from |
| companies did not want to invest in the | | | | anywhere from 20 times faster to 50 times |
| infrastructure that was required to bring high | | | | faster than dial-up depending on the plan that you |
| speed Internet to these areas. Satellite providers | | | | choose. For people who use the Internet casually |
| saw an opportunity to be of service to these | | | | for web surfing, a basic plan may be all that is |
| communities and came up with a way for them | | | | necessary where you get fast service with 1.0 |
| to access the Internet at high speeds through the | | | | Mbps download speed and 128 Kbps upload speed |
| use of a special satellite dish that both sends and | | | | that gives you the ability to surf the web at a |
| receives signals that makes accessing the | | | | speed that is 20 times faster than dial-up. For |
| Internet at high speeds possible for rural and | | | | people who use the Internet frequently and do a |
| remote users. | | | | moderate to heavy amount of downloading, they |
| When compared to dial-up, satellite Internet is | | | | may want to go with a plan that offers 2.6 Mbps |
| unmatched when it comes to the speed it | | | | download speed and 250 Kbps upload speed. This |
| provides. Depending on the level of service you | | | | gives them the ability to access the Internet at |
| get, you can access the Internet with satellite | | | | speeds as high as 30 times faster than dial-up. For |
| Internet at speeds as high as 50 times faster | | | | people that constantly use the Internet and for |
| than dial-up. With satellite Internet, a 0.5 mb image | | | | businesses, choosing a plan with a download speed |
| can take four seconds to download as opposed | | | | of 3.0 Mbps and an upload speed of 300 Kbps can |
| to 1.2 minutes with dial up. A 1 mb video clip can | | | | give users the ability to access the Internet at |
| take 2.5 minutes to download with a dial-up | | | | speeds as high as 50 times faster than dial up. |
| connection as opposed to 8 seconds with a | | | | Accessing the Internet has never become easier |
| satellite Internet connection. A 4 mb MP3 audio file | | | | and faster for rural and remote users thanks to |
| can take as long as 9.9 minutes to download with | | | | satellite Internet. They can now download and |
| a dial-up connection, but with a satellite Internet | | | | upload files, music video and software faster than |
| connection, this download can take just 32 | | | | they could with dial-up and can have an |
| seconds. When it comes to a major download like | | | | experience that is much more reliable and useful in |
| a 25 mb software upgrade, a dial-up connection | | | | terms of Internet service. Satellite Internet has |
| will take over an hour to accomplish this task. | | | | put high speed Internet into the hands of rural |
| With a satellite Internet connection, this process | | | | and remote users and has given them the |
| will take only 3.3 minutes. As you can see, there | | | | opportunity to take advantage of all the Internet |
| really is no comparison when it comes to speed | | | | has to offer. |