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This is for those who live in areas where cable internet is non-existent. Internet service provider, ViaSat, is teaming up with the National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC) to provided rural or new developing areas with much needed high speed internet. This is all possible due to last year's launch of the ViaSat-1 satellite, which now orbits over North America, providing more capacity than all other U.S. communication satellites combined. ViaSat-1 deals out 140 Gbps of data total. (If only the hacker community could launch a satellite of equal proportions, they would have a game changer.)
Within ViaSat-1 coverage, NRTC members will have access to packages of 12 Mbps, outside this area, NRTC will use next-generation gateways and consumer terminals to offer a 5Mbps packages.
The expansion of this satellite Internet provider is exciting people in the business world with a competitive price over cable and fiber optic data connections. Starting at $50 a month, remote customers will enjoy faster Internet, while ViaSat undercuts current dominators of the satellite internet market.
The satellite was sent into orbit last October, and it will be ready to serve Internet customers as soon as January 16th. The service will continue to expand across the U.S. after that. The company will demo their service at this year's CES convention.
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