| Many residents in rural areas rely on dial up | | | | improvement comparing to dial up. However, |
| speeds. While customers of cities and settled | | | | those moving to rural areas from cities or towns |
| towns price T1 cable lines and Fiber optic | | | | well equipped with cable or DSL providers have |
| connections with speeds advertised sometimes | | | | had difficulty accepting the fact the maximum |
| over 25 Megabytes. This is due to limited access | | | | speeds satellite Providers offer is 1.5 Megabytes. |
| of hardwired Telephone or cable lines.There are | | | | With a request of 300 million in Federal Funding |
| parts of America believe it or not, that do not | | | | from the stimulus, Wildblue and HughesNet plan on |
| have access to High Speed Internet. | | | | sharing a Satellite that could provide speeds up to |
| Satellite Internet Providers have been doing their | | | | 10 Megabytes to present and future customers |
| best to connect rural America to the Internet at | | | | of the Satellite Internet Providers. Although |
| an improved speed, and with 7.2 Billion dollars in | | | | WildBlue services approximately 400,000 |
| Fed Stimulus Money set aside to help rural areas | | | | customers, there are an estimated 11 million |
| to acquire Broadband Access the speeds offered | | | | households that currently have limited access to |
| at the moment may see a significant increase. | | | | the Internet. |
| There has also been an increase through cell | | | | Pricing does play into some decisions of attaining |
| phone providers to add Internet usage via their | | | | the Satellite Internet Service; a majority of rural |
| cell towers using what is known as an air card. | | | | America just does not live in an area that has the |
| Currently the speeds offered by Satellite Internet | | | | infrastructure to acquire Broadband Internet. Part |
| start at 512 kilobytes and range up to 1.5 | | | | of the problem is that those without Internet |
| megabytes. This seems slow to some areas of | | | | include schools, businesses, and libraries. The |
| the country who have cable or DSL connections. | | | | stimulus is an attempt to bring Hi Speed Internet |
| However the average speed of a dial up | | | | to those mentioned who cannot connect at |
| connection is between 30 and 56 Kilobytes. With | | | | speeds faster than dial up. The first round of |
| today's Web Pages designed with Flash Players | | | | funding will be rewarded within the coming |
| and Media Players a dial up connection can take at | | | | months. |
| a minimum 20 minutes or longer to load. When a | | | | Experience the difference an always on, no phone |
| customer begins service with a satellite provider | | | | line required, fast Internet service can provide. |
| the starting speed of 512 Kilobytes is a major | | | | Get WildBlue Satellite Internet and get flying. |