WildBlue High Speed Internet
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WildBlue is a
broadband internet
satellite provided
that uses a 28”x26”
satellite dishes to
provide access to
virtually anyone,
anywhere, in the
Continental United
States. WildBlue
is fast, easy, and
affordable
broadband access
that provides speeds
of up to 1.5
megabits per second
download and 512
kilobits per second
upload to anyone
using a Windows or
OSX-based computer
system.
WildBlue will
take the internet to
new heights, and
bring broadband
direct to you,
wherever you are at.
WildBlue is
at the forefront of
two-way broadband
satellite internet
access providing
secure encrypted
communication
between the
WildBlue
satellite and the
internet gateways, a
privacy cable and
most DSL does not
provide.
The WildBlue
system not only
receives signals
from space, just
like your DirecTV or
Dish Network system,
but it also
transmits signals
back to space. Data
is transmitted from
the satellite dish
to the WildBlue
satellite, which
then retransmits
down to a ground
station, or gateway.
This gateway is
connected to the
internet through
multiple fiber-optic
data lines.
WildBlue’s
spot-beam technology
allows the country
to be broken down
into regions and for
any number of
gateways to be
established to
handle the bandwidth
needs of
WildBlue’s
customer base. There
are presently 36
spot-beams and five
gateways with two
additional gateways
scheduled for
construction.
At the heart of
WildBlue’s one
dish solution is a
two-way wireless
satellite minidish
and transceiver
designed by
WildBlue and its
technology partners.
WildBlue’s
system was designed
around the DOCSIS
technology. These
standard components
are the same found
in most cable modems
throughout the
United States. This
allows amore
reliable signal and
lower prices for the
consumer.
What makes
WildBlue’s
unprecedented
consumer value
possible is its
innovative use of
KA-bands. With one
satellite
WildBlue is
capable of covering
the United States
with spot beams,
allowing for greater
bandwidth and a more
affordable price.
WildBlue’s
first satellite was
launched in July or
2004 and the service
was made operational
in the summer of
2005. WildBlue’s
second satellite has
been developed by
Space System Loral
and is scheduled to
launch in the fourth
quarter of 2006.
Once this second
satellite is
launched,
WildBlue will be
able to dramatically
increase its
subscriber base due
to the additional 15
gigabits per second
of data bandwidth.
WildBlue’s
orbital positions
are strategically
positioned in the
middle of EchoStar’s
Dish Network and
DirecTV’s satellite
constellations.
WildBlue has
been funded by
blue-chip investors
such as Liberty
Media, Intelsat, the
NRTC, KPCB, and
Telesat.
Today, the internet
has reinvented us.
Now it is
WildBlue’s turn
to reinvent the
internet. To
revolutionize
broadband internet
access and to put it
within virtually
everyone’s reach. At
the forefront of
that revolution is
WildBlue.
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