By For the typical user broadband satellite Internet access is something nearly irrelevant. In fact I’m pretty sure almost nobody would chose for broadband satellite unless they were give no choice.
Satellite launch
There is a serious reason behind the skepticism, broadband satellite access doesn’t offer that broad a band. Speeds tend to range from slow to pathetic and prices tend to be from expensive to frightening.
Naturally, the speed of the IT world’s progress hasn’t left this territory behind. Very soon, the world of broadband satellite will change. Broadband satellite Internet users will no longer be laughed at as they will get proper speed.
This will be possible once Hughes Network Systems manage to launch their Jupiter satellite.
Hughes is one of the big players of the broadband satellite world and they service customers in the U.S. and Canada.
The new Jupiter satellite will have a capacity of more than 100 gigabits per second and it is this capacity that will bring some serious speed to users. In actual numbers, Hughes Network Systems’ Jupiter satellite will be able to service around 1.5-2 million new users with an average download speed of 5 Mbps.
To some more typical Internet users that’s still a laughing matter when it comes to speed. To broadband satellite users it’s more of a God sent offering. Just to get yourself an idea, until the Jupiter satellite service becomes available, Hughes charges you $120 a month for 2Mbps/300kbps D/U speeds.
It does seem different now doesn’t it?