Posts Tagged ‘rural internet’
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
Many of our friends and family are embarking on a great adventure. They have decided to place their presence on the web. They share personal things, such as pictures of the grandkids as they grow, for distant grandparents, their own interests and hobbies, and other items that they feel are either of interest to them or others. I have some friends that are building a home, and they have begun a small web site where they post pictures of the progress as it takes place. They began with pictures of the property and views and have just posted pictures of a cleared driveway and the clearing for their home. They can now stand right in the spot where their back deck will be and post a picture of the view from there. Another good use for this web space is to share your family with your friends and relatives. My nephew and his wife live across the country from my mother and he has two children. They post updated pictures regularly so that my mother can see her grandchildren grow up, regardless of the distances involved. I’m sure you can think of other good uses that you can put your web space to.
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Friday, June 4th, 2010
There are many benefits that WildBlue High Speed Satellite Internet service provides for your use. One of the least used is the ability to have multiple e-mail accounts. If you have purchased the Value or the Select Pak from WildBlue you have the ability to create 5 e-mail addresses, each one with 25mb of storage available. If you are living large and have the Pro Pak, you have access to 10 e-mail addresses, each with 25mb of storage capacity available.
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Monday, May 31st, 2010
Here we sit, nice and cozy in the rural portions of this great country of ours. WildBlue has made it possible for us to enjoy high speed internet service by way of their Ka satellite service. Before you go skipping out into the daisies of the WWW, take a few precautions.
There are two new terms to keep in mind and to protect oneself from. One is Wardriving. This is known as drive-by-hacking. A hacker will get into a car with a laptop, an omni-directional antenna and searching software. This person will cruise in a random pattern hoping to detect locations of wireless network access or hotspots. Once this person has mapped these points he/she can return at any time and hack into the network.
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Friday, May 28th, 2010
Wild Blue was founded in April of 1995 with the goal of providing affordable high speed internet access to rural areas. After almost 10 years of development, research, and raising close to $393 million in venture capital the company was ready for business. Mr. Leonard, the CEO of WildBlue, stated that the schedule for the launch of the company’s first satellite was on track to launch in the first quarter of 2006, after receiving $350 million in debt financing from Liberty Media and a private equity firm, Tennenbaum Capital Partners.
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Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
There is big news for Wildblue Satellite Internet! David Leonard, the former CEO of WildBlue, made plans of continuing the goals of wildblue satellite internet by providing satellite internet services to those in rural America who cannot currently receive affordable high speed internet connections. These plans appear to be continuing by the returning CEO, Tom Moore.
Tom Moore was the co-founder of the company but moved into the role of shareholder and board member of wildblue satellite internet a few years ago. Tom recently returned as CEO late last year.
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Friday, May 21st, 2010
So, I thought I would take some time today to define and explain broadband. Broadband is a term many of us use without really knowing the nuts and bolts of what it represents. There are two types of internet technologies out there. One is dial-up and one is broadband. Dial-up is limited to a download bit rate speed of 56 kilobits per second on the account of using a 56k modem. Dial-up requires full use of a telephone line to connect to the internet. Broadband, generally supplies bit rate speeds that are more than twice the speed of dial up, and does not require full use of telephone lines. Currently, broadband internet technology can be delivered via cable, fiber optics, DSL, or satellite broadband. Each of these offer various advantages and disadvantages in the data delivery process. Much of this variance has to do with bit rate speed. The official speed of broadband has been a topic of debate, but generally a minimum consideration has ranged from 64 kilobits per second to 2000 kilobits per second. However, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently defined basic broadband to begin at 768 kilobits per second. Cable internet and Fiber Optic connections sit at the top of the food chain ranging from 1500 – 18000 kbps followed by DSL, which runs between 256 – 8000 kbps (depending on how far you are from the phone company’s hub). Next, we have satellite internet, coming in a close third with speeds between 512 – 5000 kbps. After that, we have the wireless providers, these are either through your cell phone carriers or from a local Wi-Fi provider that is close to your location. These usually run between 90 – 1500 kbps but most impose strict limits on downloading and charge a monetary penalty for excessive usage. Dead last and most certainly least is, you guessed it, dial-up bringing up the rear with a mere 12-56 kbps.
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Satellite Broadband, Cable, DSL, and Fiber Optics Technology Revealed
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Wednesday, May 19th, 2010
Today’s Internet users are always searching for ways to increase their download speeds. They spend hours tweaking their computer and getting the best Internet connection so that they can have the fastest download speeds. Download speeds are generally slow with dial up connections and the connection is often lost. Wildblue satellite offers Internet surfers in remote locations a much better project than traditional dial up services. If you live in a remote area, then you already know that dial up Internet connections can be painfully slow and unreliable. Some features that Wildblue satellite provides, that dial up does not, include download speeds of up to 1.5 Mbps and upload speeds of up to 256 Kbps. Other features that Wildblue satellite gives Internet users are an always-on connection, no software to download, and a dedicated connection/instant access. You can get professional installation with Wildblue satellite, and you will be able to talk on the phone and be connected to the Internet at the same time without the expense of additional phone lines. Cable connections offer better speed than dial up but cable can be quite expensive and is frequently unavailable in rural areas. Wildblue offers good download speeds at an affordable price no matter where you are located in the continental USA. Download speeds are important for those who like to download movies or videos as well. Since music and video files are generally very large, they can take quite some time to download with a poor connection. Wild Blue offers fast download speeds to its users. You can choose from download speeds of 512 kbps, 1.0 Mbps, all the way up to 1.5 Mbps with plans for even faster internet in the future. WildBlue high-speed Internet access for rural customers has become a reality whereas it had previously been a luxury enjoyed only by those who live in large metropolitan areas. Now high-speed Internet access can reach rural areas through the use of satellite feeds. Wild Blue is a company that has taken on this high speed Internet with a great deal of success. Instead of relying on slow phone lines or expensive cable companies, the rural Internet user can receive high-speed Internet access through Wild Blue’s satellite services. This simply requires a mini satellite dish and a small modem to get connected to the World Wide Web. High-speed Internet access has become a necessity, not a luxury, in today’s world. Internet with huge files and high-speed java scripts. So no matter where you live you can enjoy the high speed Internet like never before and at a price that you can afford.
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Monday, May 17th, 2010
Kevin and Cathy Nutsch, along with their five daughters, were left homeless in August after a gas explosion destroyed their home. Then the popular TV show – Extreme Makeover Home Edition – came to the rescue and built the family a sweet new 3,800 square-foot house featuring a wireless network with WildBlue service.
WildBlue Communications helped the Rose Hill, Kan., family attain the home of their dreams in October by providing a free WildBlue system and high speed internet access via satellite for their wireless network. The Nutsch family’s story will air on the Dec. 11 edition of Extreme Makeover Home Edition at 8 PM ET on ABC.
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Friday, May 14th, 2010
So you have dial-up and you have just found out about this thing called ‘Satellite Internet‘. You think, YouTube, Hulu, Wi-Fi, your dreams have come true. However, your dreams are interrupted when you find out that Satellite Internet Gaming and Satellite Internet VoIP will not work. So much for saving on the phone bill, right? Why is this though? The answer is Latency or ‘lag’ as gamers like to call it.
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Many of our friends and family are embarking on a great adventure. They have decided to place their presence on the web. They share personal things, such as pictures of the grandkids as they grow, for distant grandparents, their own interests and hobbies, and other items that they feel are either of interest to them or others. I have some friends that are building a home, and they have begun a small web site where they post pictures of the progress as it takes place. They began with pictures of the property and views and have just posted pictures of a cleared driveway and the clearing for their home. They can now stand right in the spot where their back deck will be and post a picture of the view from there. Another good use for this web space is to share your family with your friends and relatives. My nephew and his wife live across the country from my mother and he has two children. They post updated pictures regularly so that my mother can see her grandchildren grow up, regardless of the distances involved. I’m sure you can think of other good uses that you can put your web space to.
