| For some computer users, the idea of a new | | | | market: it was connecting people in impossibly |
| pathway to the internet might seem like overkill. | | | | difficult locations to reliable internet service. |
| After all, there's already wireless in public places, a | | | | Whether it was hikers in the middle of Nepal or |
| number of different high-speed internet service | | | | doctors trying to help out with famines in |
| providers all trying to undersell each other, and | | | | Sub-Saharan Africa, satellite internet has managed |
| the ancient but sometimes necessary dial-up | | | | to bring the world wide web to some seriously |
| connection. Add to that the fact that cell phone | | | | difficult and remote regions of the world. |
| companies are now in on things, trying to lure | | | | But what does this mean for you? Well, it means |
| their users to smartphones for everything from | | | | that those who want to telecommute have a lot |
| email to checking Facebook, and it seems like | | | | more options if their vacation homestead happens |
| enough people have already thrown their hats in | | | | to be a little bit off the grid, and it also means |
| the ring to compete over who brings internet to | | | | that people who are frustrated by their internet |
| who. | | | | service provider wo doesn't actually manage to |
| While it's definitely true that there are a lot of | | | | provide service have another option besides |
| different competitors in the market these days, | | | | dial-up. Perhaps the biggest incentive for people to |
| sometimes too much focus on the traditional | | | | switch to satellite is the fact that it is practically |
| champions of the business leaves out the more | | | | impossible to navigate the internet using dial-up |
| promising new additions. Whether it's the growing | | | | these days, with everything from email to |
| prominence of WiMax, which offers a truly mobile | | | | booking an airline flight next to impossible with all |
| internet that provides access across the country, | | | | of the image-heavy ads that dial-up cannot handle. |
| or the helpful option of satellite internet, which | | | | So satellite internet definitely helps to bring those |
| connects people in far-flung locations who might | | | | with no other choice but dial-up into the next level |
| not have had reliable service before, there are | | | | of technology. |
| plenty of reasons to pay attention to new options | | | | So if you have been on the fence about |
| for those who need to get online. | | | | embracing a new technology but are in need of |
| The biggest surprise seems to be the growing | | | | something that can provide you with reliable |
| popularity of satellite internet, mostly because | | | | service that moves at the same speed as |
| people who aren't paying attention to trends in | | | | conventional broadband, then it might be an |
| technology think it seems a little bit | | | | excellent idea to look into satellite broadband. And |
| counterintuitive. And yes, it might be a little bit | | | | after all, if they could figure out how to bring |
| behind, considering that it has actually been around | | | | internet to any location on earth, it is inevitable |
| for longer than many of the other "new" | | | | that now that they are branching out to |
| technologies. But you have to think about what | | | | consumers, there will be some serious leaps |
| satellite was doing when it was first on the | | | | forward in terms of speed and connectivity. |