IP: DISHING UP A NEW LINK TO THE INTERNETEdupage, November 6, 2000

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> DISHING UP A NEW LINK TO THE INTERNET
> StarBand Communications has launched a two-way satellite-based
> Internet service that could appeal to customers who live outside
> the range of DSL or cable networks. StarBand unveiled its
> satellite system at the Havasupai Indian reservation, which lies
> at the bottom of the Grand Canyon and could not receive radio
> signals, let alone Internet access, until now. Although this
> reservation is an extreme example, StarBand believes its service
> will appeal to the 50 million U.S. households that are not
> located within areas networked for high-speed Internet
> connections. StarBand's technology is a step forward because it
> is the first such system to allow users to transmit data through
> their satellite dishes rather than only receive data. Other
> satellite Internet connections used a traditional dial-up
> connection whenever users needed to send information from their
> computers to the Web.
> (Washington Post, 6 November 2000)