Now, ... Viasat just acquired Wild Blue. In 2011, Hughes Communications including Hughesnet was acquired by EchoStar in a deal valued at US$1.3 billion. Why would Dish be doing a package deal with a competitor of an Echostar subsidiary? Guess in my old age I'm confused....
Press Release - DISH Bundles TV Service with ViaSat's High-Speed Satellite Broadband
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That's the idea. They aren't cheap, but they are faster than dialup. There's always a latency problem, meaning when you click on a link there's a delay as data streams via satellite.celticpride said:
I'm not sure what folks at home are going to get out of "ViaSat's Next-Generation High-Speed Satellite Broadband" but it actually may be an improvement.
Right now when I put my zip code into the Dish web page it just takes me to another web page where I put my address in and end up with this:
But that may change.
One can always go directly to the Wildblue or HughesNet web sites. We have a local dealer-installer for each.
I have a friend who used HughesNet for years because no alternative was available at his place in the Sierras. While he occasionally grumbled about latency times, his big problem was snow on the dish. But he finally got DSL in his area.
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also. This just after I received a letter I was let to believe from DISH but was actually from Charter trying to get DISH customers to receive Charter's broadband and phone service (selling their customer mailing list).
Today from ViaSat:
EDIT: Discovered they have a PDF data sheet on their "Surfbeam 2".
Also the ViaSat-1 satellite is apparently is at 115° W, between 110° and 119°.
The link doesn't indicate any connection with Dish yet and Dish doesn't seem to show this option in its web site. And I don't know what the "ground system" means.Announcing Exede(SM) by ViaSat 12 Mbps High-Speed Broadband Service for $50
2012-01-10 - Unprecedented satellite broadband speed and user experience to begin rollout in U.S. January 16
Carlsbad, Calif. - For millions of consumers with a need for high-speed Internet, the broadband choices just got a lot better. ViaSat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) will launch Exede by ViaSat high-speed Internet service on January 16, offering speeds up to 12 Mbps (megabits per second) downstream and up to 3 Mbps upstream beginning at $50 per month.
Although satellite Internet has been available for years, ViaSat has completely transformed satellite broadband technology and now delivers a broadband experience similar to some of the fastest terrestrial broadband services for most applications.
"With our new Exede broadband service, customers across the United States will have a way to get exceptional speed whether they live in a city, suburbs or a more rural area," said Tom Moore, senior VP of ViaSat. "Our new Exede service speeds make us very competitive with wireless home broadband service, as well as legacy DSL and many cable services."
The rollout of service is a major milestone in a process that began in 2008 when ViaSat introduced its next-generation satellite system, representing the most significant capacity leap in the history of satellite technology. The system integrates ViaSat-1, the world's highest capacity satellite, with an advanced, next generation ground system.
The Exede service also includes advanced web acceleration technology to provide an Internet web browsing experience with "feels like fiber" performance. Through a constantly evolving variety of techniques that go far beyond simple caching of web content, this new web acceleration technology quickly delivers pages, even on media and video intensive websites.
Exede by ViaSat Residential Service Packages
The new Exede by ViaSat residential broadband packages all feature the same high speed with successively higher data allowances at each price point. For the first time, satellite broadband delivers an attractive alternative to wireless and many wireline offers.
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The data allowances for the Exede service have been established to ensure that a compelling mix of speed and volume can be offered to a large segment of the nation's typical broadband users, many of whom would otherwise not have access to high-speed Internet service.
For more information and to subscribe, go to www.exede.com.
Professional Broadband Services
In addition to residential service, the new ViaSat high-capacity satellite system is designed to simultaneously deliver a wide range of enterprise and mobile broadband services. Professional customers can choose from a family of terminals for enterprise, on-the-move, and portable applications.
ViaSat is also working with JetBlue to create the industry's best in-flight broadband for commercial aviation, with a planned service launch by the end of 2012.
About ViaSat
ViaSat delivers fast, secure communications, Internet, and remote network access to fixed sites or on-the-move. The company provides networking products and managed network services for enterprise IP applications; is a key supplier of network-centric military communications and encryption technologies and products to the U.S. and allied governments; and is the primary technology partner for gateway and customer-premises equipment for consumer and mobile satellite broadband services. Based in Carlsbad, Calif., ViaSat has established a number of worldwide locations for customer service, network operations, and technology development.
EDIT: Discovered they have a PDF data sheet on their "Surfbeam 2".
Also the ViaSat-1 satellite is apparently is at 115° W, between 110° and 119°.
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