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    Satellite Internet access is Internet access provided through communication satellites; if it can sustain high speeds, it is termed satellite broadband...
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    Internet access is a facility or service that provides connectivity for a computer, a computer network, or other network device to the Internet, and for...
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  • residential Internet access. Recently, both have seen increased competition from fiber deployments, wireless, mobile networks and satellite internet access. Broadband...
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  • A satellite internet constellation is a constellation of artificial satellites providing satellite internet service. In particular, the term has come...
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    Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by Starlink Services, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of American aerospace company SpaceX, providing...
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    of broadband access include DSL (digital subscriber lines), which uses a telephone line, cable Internet access, satellite Internet access, and mobile or...
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    optical networking (SONET). Wireless access is another option, including cellular and satellite Internet access. Access providers may have an MPLS (Multiprotocol...
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    order to get access to the public Internet. Problems playing this file? See media help. Dial-up Internet access is a form of Internet access that uses the...
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  • to be downloaded by satellite) that are also referred to as "satellite modems." These devices are used in satellite Internet access (in this case uploaded...
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    Starlink satellite internet to public beta testers: report". SpaceX launches first pair of O3b mPower satellites SpaceNews. 16 December 2022. Accessed 27 December...
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    Eutelsat OneWeb (legally Network Access Associates Ltd.) is a subsidiary of Eutelsat Group providing broadband satellite Internet services in low Earth orbit...
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  • Kuiper Systems (category Satellite Internet access)
    established in 2019 to deploy a large satellite internet constellation to provide low-latency broadband internet connectivity. The name Kuiper was a company...
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    Satellite phones provide similar functionality to terrestrial mobile telephones; voice calling, text messaging, and low-bandwidth Internet access are...
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    television that is streamed over the Internet (multicast) — in contrast to delivery through traditional terrestrial, satellite, and cable transmission formats...
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  • constellation, a system of 75 satellites: 66 are active satellites and the remaining nine function as in-orbit spares. Iridium Satellites are used for worldwide...
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  • broadband and satellite internet access. The return channel need not use the same medium as the main channel. For example, some hybrid Internet access services...
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    launched its first S-band satellite, intended to provide (in association with an LTE ground network) inflight internet access across Europe. In March 2018...
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    fast Internet access. The transmission medium can be coaxial cable, optical fiber, wireless Internet (radio), twisted pair cable, or satellite. Originally...
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    terrestrial services. The 12 Mbit/s service was faster than earlier satellite internet access options such as WildBlue which could reach 1.5 Mbit/s. In 2016...
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  • Qianfan (category Satellite Internet access)
    low-Earth orbit satellite internet megaconstellation to create a system of worldwide internet coverage created by Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology (SSST)...
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  • Hughes Network Systems (category Satellite Internet access)
    EchoStar. It is headquartered in Germantown, Maryland and provides satellite internet service. HughesNet has over a million subscribers in the Americas...
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    Internet in India began in 1986 and was initially available only to the educational and research community. General public access to the internet in India...
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    Communications satellites are used for television, telephone, radio, internet, and military applications. Many communications satellites are in geostationary...
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  • other services are still offered, like dial-up Internet access or satellite internet access, broadband internet is the most convenient and fastest mode of...
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    Very-small-aperture terminal (category Satellite Internet access)
    RFID data, or SCADA), or broadband data (for the provision of satellite Internet access to remote locations, VoIP or video). VSATs are also used for transportable...
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  • StarBand (category Satellite Internet access)
    StarBand was a two-way satellite broadband Internet service available in the U.S. from 2000–2015. StarBand ceased operations effective September 30, 2015...
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  • for burst transmissions like satellite internet access or telemetry, since a customer would have to pay for the satellite bandwidth even when they were...
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    Broadband Global Area Network (category Satellite Internet access)
    connect a laptop computer to broadband Internet in remote locations, although as long as line-of-sight to the satellite exists, the terminal can be used anywhere...
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    List of Starlink and Starshield launches (category Satellite Internet access)
    Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by SpaceX providing satellite Internet access to most of the Earth. Starshield is a classified...
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  • communication satellite. The term most commonly means a dish which receives direct-broadcast satellite television from a direct broadcast satellite in geostationary...
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