Satellite Internet access
Summary
Satellite Internet access is Internet access provided through satellites. The service can be provided to users world-wide through Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites. Geostationary satellites can offer higher data speeds, but their signals can not reach some polar regions of the world. Different types of satellite systems have a wide range of different features and technical limitations, which can greatly affect their usefulness and performance in specific applications.Latency is the delay between requesting data and the receipt of a response, or in the case of one-way communication, between the actual moment of a signal's broadcast and the time received at its destination.
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At Rural Newspapers, Some Publishers Still Resist Moving Online
In 1968, Dick Graham bought a small weekly newspaper in Ferry County, Wash. , one of the most remote and sparsely populated counties in the Pacific Northwest.
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Is Dish Punching the Networks With Its Supersized DVR?
Per earlier reports, Dish Networks’s big rollout at the Consumer Electronics Show today is focused on “The Hopper,” a supersized video recorder that lets users store two terrabytes of data. In English, that means about 250 hours of high-def shows, or 1,000 hours of regular shows.
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SES chooses Gilat for Ka-band equipment
Satellite operator SES has signed a deal with VSAT specialist Gilat that will see the latter deliver network equipment and Ka-band end user terminals for SES’s satellite-based. . .
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Eutelsat launches satellite internet service across Europe
The most powerful satellite in the world went into service Monday, providing broadband-speed satellite internet services to more than a million households across Europe currently without high-speed internet. Eutelsat’s High Throughput Satellite, KA-SAT, which was launched on Dec 26 from Baikonur in Kazakhstan, will provide consumers up to 10 Mb/s download and 4 Mb/s upload.
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Journalist killed, others missing in Libya
A prominent citizen-journalist was shot and killed by sniper fire in Benghazi on Saturday, highlighting the increasing dangers that the media face while covering the conflict in Libya. Mohammed Nabbous, the founder of Libya Alhurra TV, was killed while gathering video on the streets of Benghazi. The 28-year-old had posted dozens of videos to his Livestream account in the month since conflict erupted in the North African nation, using satellite Internet connections to skirt government intervention and air raw footage of the destruction in Benghazi.
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Astra launches satellite-broadband via phone lines
Satellite operator SES Astra has launched a new solution to enable European telcos and ISPs to offer satellite-based broadband connections via existing. . .
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Astra2Connect deal in Albania
Satellite operator SES Astra has signed a deal with Starsat to market its satellite broadband service Astra2Connect in Albania. Starsat is taking part in an initiative by the Albanian. . .
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