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Satellite broadband goes nationwide
News Homes and businesses across the UK can now sign up for a satellite broadband connection from BT. With monthly rental charges starting at around £60, and installation charges of £899 or more, BT's satellite broadband is considerably more expensive...
[March 26, 2002, 17:47]
Satellite broadband from Freebox
News Freebox -- the firm that promised to tackle the digital divide by giving away free Net-enabled set-top boxes -- is rolling out a satellite broadband service. While the promise of broadband may be appealing, satellite systems are restricted in that...
[November 3, 2000, 11:44]
Satellite push to close Europe's broadband gaps
News By linking local wireless networks to two-way broadband satellite connections, the group hopes to develop services and applications for rural communities across the European Union, from Britain to Poland.
[February 17, 2004, 15:15]
Broadband satellite avoids crash and burn
News Lasting 13 minutes the 3rd stage of the launch saw the rockets switch to cryogenic solid fuel, and successfully deploy the NSS-6 broadband satellite roughly 400 kilometres above the earth's surface. Destined for geostationary orbit at 95 degrees...
[December 18, 2002, 10:48]
BT satellite broadband gets cool reception
Talkback Having just moved house I now find I am beyond the reach of BT for a Broadband service.This coincides with the launch by BT of a satellite broadband service that is too expensive for single users. Why doesn't BT put its resources into extending it...
[October 8, 2005, 12:44]
Aramiska satellite broadband collapses
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[January 31, 2006, 10:00]
BT to test low-cost satellite broadband
News Unlike most other broadband products, though, this satellite service only works in one direction. BT already operates another satellite broadband service that gives download speeds of 500kbps, and upload speeds of 150kbps, but this costs at least...
[April 15, 2002, 13:53]
Global satellite broadband network on track for 2004
News UK tech firm Logica said this week that it has won a £6m contract to help Inmarsat develop a global, satellite-based, broadband network within the next three years. Inmarsat, which already operates a satellite mobile phone network that covers most...
[September 28, 2001, 14:36]
Rural broadband satellite gets funding boost
News The European Space Agency has awarded Avanti Communications €250,000 (£220,000) in funding for the design of a super-fast satellite broadband system called Hercules. The proposed satellite could deliver between 2Mb and 50Mb broadband access to 2.5...
[May 26, 2009, 12:27]
BT satellite broadband due this month
News BTopenworld said today (Monday) that its broadband satellite service is due to go live at the end of November. But the significant extra cost with satellite broadband is in the installation. A high-speed Internet connection can have significant...
[November 5, 2001, 16:27]
Aramiska cracks satellite broadband VPNs
News Dutch satellite broadband company Aramiska launched what it claims is the first commercial virtual private networking (VPN) service for satellite users on Monday. The company says that it has solved the problems that until now have prevented...
[March 22, 2004, 16:30]
Tiscali mulls satellite broadband
News Internet communications company Tiscali is planning to launch a satellite broadband service later this year. Chief operating officer Stephane Huet said the company has been running broadband satellite trials for some time now, but these had not...
[August 22, 2002, 10:22]
BT satellite broadband gets cool reception
News BT launched a wholesale satellite broadband service for rural communities on Wednesday, but has received a subdued response from UK Internet service providers, some of whom have already indicated they don't plan to sell it.
[June 4, 2004, 13:35]
Pick your own bandwidth with satellite broadband
News SatDrive is aiming to attract large number of customers who are currently stranded on the wrong side of Britain's broadband divide by offering a one-way satellite broadband product that lets users pay more to download large files quickly.
[October 22, 2002, 15:32]
Linweld Takes Office on the Road With Global Broadband Satellite Access
White Papers Verizon Business's Global Broadband Satellite Access answered Linweld's business needs. Linweld manufactures and distributes medical, specialty, and industrial gases and welding supplies, as well as clean air products.
[May 30, 2009, 1:19]
Inmarsat broadband satellite hits orbit
News The largest ever communications satellite launched by a commercial body was put in orbit on Tuesday. The satellite was launched from a converted oil rig in the middle of the Pacific Ocean at 1407 GMT.
[November 9, 2005, 16:55]
Aramiska satellite broadband collapses
News Satellite broadband provider Aramiska has informed customers that it is shutting down as of today - and left many just a few hours to find an alternative service provider. For many customers looking to get online in remote and rural areas Aramiska...
[January 27, 2006, 15:40]
UK leads Europe in satellite broadband
News Britain can boast a cheaper broadband satellite market than fellow European nations, according to research published by Oftel on Wednesday. In its latest Internet and broadband benchmarking study, the regulator has found that both one-way and two...
[June 4, 2003, 12:51]
Trains get satellite broadband boost
News Ofcom on Tuesday made available a new type of spectrum licence that could allow train operators such as GNER to upgrade their on-board wireless services to two-way satellite links, similar to those already in use on aeroplanes and ships.
[September 12, 2006, 17:35]
BT to launch satellite broadband service
News Businesses who aren't able to get an ADSL connection will soon be able to sign up to a high-speed satellite Internet connection from BT. The service, due to go live in Scotland and Northern Ireland in October or November, is a partnership with US...
[July 31, 2001, 12:54]
