| Many people remember when the Internet was | | | | that broadband cable access offers and it has the |
| first starting to emerge and the slow steps that it | | | | added benefit of being available anywhere. These |
| took to connect people to the World Wide Web. | | | | satellites can offer coverage to 99% of the |
| It wasn't very long ago that the only way to get | | | | United States. Even if you live on the side of a |
| on the Internet was with a 20kbps dialup modem. | | | | mountain and are a hundred miles from the |
| These old modems were horribly slow and even | | | | nearest city, you can have the luxury of high |
| checking out your favorite websites or logging | | | | speed Internet. |
| onto your email were tasks that took a long time. | | | | The speed of the Internet with satellite is |
| The younger generations surfing the web today | | | | remarkable. With a 56k dialup connection, it can |
| can't begin to fathom the time that it took to | | | | take as long as an hour to download a 25mb |
| look at a single picture online. | | | | software update. With a high speed connection via |
| The Internet, and the manner in which people | | | | satellite, you can get that same update in about a |
| connect to it, has evolved rapidly in the past ten | | | | minute. Imagine trying to download a movie from |
| to fifteen years. As websites became more and | | | | iTunes. With dialup, you could be waiting for days |
| more graphic intensive, there needed to be ways | | | | to get that movie! |
| to get on and get all of this information more | | | | The technology used with the satellites is |
| quickly. Broadband and DSL began, giving | | | | compatible with PCs and Macs, so you don't have |
| customers a way to go online and get the | | | | to worry about the type of computer you are |
| information they wanted at much quicker speeds. | | | | using. The only differences you will see are |
| Of course, even these technologies have their | | | | increased speed, better connectivity, and a good |
| limits - and their limits are quite great indeed. | | | | price for the service you are getting. |
| Customers who live in rural communities, places | | | | If you happen to run a business and are in a rural |
| where the cable company has neglected to | | | | area, you will really appreciate all that satellite |
| service because of the cost involved, can't get | | | | Internet has to offer. Every aspect of your |
| that fast cable broadband that their city dwelling | | | | business that is conducted online will be much |
| brethren may have. In fact, many rural | | | | faster, making your business more efficient. |
| customers still have dialup connections and have | | | | The cost of satellite Internet is another huge plus |
| to wait to do something as simple as checking | | | | in its column. Considering just how much faster |
| their email. | | | | the Internet is, and the fact that it is available all |
| Fortunately, satellite Internet was developed. | | | | the time without having to wait for a dialup |
| Satellite Internet has all of the wonderful things | | | | modem to connect, it is well worth the price. |