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by Emily Hayes

Broadband Internet is one of the greatest technological breakthroughs since the personal computer. It allows very large transfers of information in a short span of time and, in reality, most of the Internet pages people use today would be essentially unusable on the older, dialup connections. If you want to experience the best of the Internet, you need broadband.

Broadband satellite Internet service allows users anywhere, in the middle of the city or in the middle of nowhere, to receive broadband access. Formerly, broadband was a very limited product. It could only be offered as far as a telephone company's DSL infrastructure allowed or as far as a cable company's grid spanned. The service cannot be offered over a regular phone connection. Satellite Internet, as it has done with subscription television, has made service available to anyone, anywhere.

Satellite broadband is fast enough to load the most complex web pages in seconds. The broadband Internet world, however, is not one where the fast loading of pages is the principal benefit, there are endless sources of streaming media-audio and video-to be found on the Internet.

Video sharing has become one of the most popular ways that people connect online. The services allow almost anyone to upload and share their video recordings with the world, to create their own pages that feature their videos and to network with other users who share common interests. These sites are so enormously popular, principally, because broadband internet allows users to simply click on a video they wish to watch and to view it without buffering or first downloading the file to their own hard drive. Compared to the dial-up access that was the norm less than 10 years ago, broadband is light years beyond.

Satellite broadband is what's termed an "always on" type of Internet connection. This means that there is no dialing to be done, no waiting in queues during busy times and no getting disconnected for inactivity. The fact that the service is always on means that you have access to the Internet whether or not your browser happens to be open. Any sort of Internet dependent program need only be started to access the entirety of its features. For those in rural areas who are essentially living in the past by having dial-up access broadband offers a very fast road to the future.

Getting satellite broadband Internet hooked up is typically very easy. One may contract with a company that only offers satellite Internet or bundle the service with their satellite television company. Additionally, satellite broadband is set apart from its competitors by the fact that, because more satellite television companies offer free hookup, it's one of the very few Internet services that can be installed for free. The needed wiring will be installed by the dish installers and the equipment required is generally included with the subscription. Be sure to ask your company whether the Internet equipment is purchased or rented when you hook up.

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1 comments

  1. Anonymous // March 7, 2009 at 1:21 AM  

    My company recently switched to Hughest Net satellite internet, which we found through Infodish (http://www.infodish.com/). It's so great that a few of us have even switched our service at home. You can download even videos within seconds, and we never have to sit there waiting for a page to load anymore.

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