The word Satellite means a variety of things to different people. For individuals in their 60′s, it’s that thing that the aliens were trying to capture from us, decades earlier. My generation has a completely different view on this powerful instrument of technology. Satellite gives us a lot of things that cable providers can’t provide to customers. Dial-up has always been a last resort option for customers, who stay in rural areas. These customers are usually the helpless victims of greedy cable companies and fly-by-night local satellite providers. WildBlue has created a product and service that is set to thrust technology into the new frontier.
Remember that family member who stayed in the country and your family journeyed their every year to stay at their home for a last a month. For me it was two months, and the home was extremely rural. I mean, the town had two stop lights and 1 general store, and everything shut down at 8 p.m. Fortunately, it was the 80′s and 90′s when I was there and the internet wasn’t even a figment of my imagination at this point. Now, let’s fast forward to 2011, and we are kids with iPads, going back to these rural destinations. There would be a better chance of the cows having a spare adapter for your iPhone, than the chance of even connecting to a Wi-Fi network. This is where Satellite Internet comes in and changes the entire situation. Read the rest of this entry »
