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| internet companies of the united states | |
| internet service providers of the united states | |
| satellite internet | |
| companies established in 2000 | |
| companies based in colorado | |
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WildBlue Communications, Inc. is a corporation based in Greenwood Village, Colorado . The company offers Satellite Broadband Internet services to both home and business customers. WildBlue is one of the newer satellite Internet services, having begun operating in June 2005. After nationwide beta testing, the first residential retail customers had WildBlue service installed at their home in June 2005. During the summer of 2005 a dealer network was established to provide installation and customer service to clients throughout the 48 contiguous United States . WildBlue claims superior performance both in terms of upload and download speed through its use of newer satellite technology. Specifically, WildBlue uses the Ka Band instead of the Ku Band used by established competitors. For improved performance, it covers the U.S. and most of populated Canada with many " Spot Beams " instead of a single, broad beam covering the entire market. It has adopted DOCSIS technology to reduce costs while maintaining quality of service. The maximum advertised transmission speed with the premium subscription is 1.5 megabits per second download and 256 kilobits per second upload. The satellite equipment costs approximately US$299, exclusive of the mandatory professional installation service. SATELLITES WildBlue uses the Ka-band exclusively for both the receiving end and the return path on two satellites using VSAT technology. Anik-F2 This Telesat Canada-owned Boeing 702 slot.http://www.lyngsat.com/anikf2.html Lyngsat.com data on Anik F2 WildBlue-1 WildBlue-1 is a purpose-built satellite built for use by the WildBlue service exclusively. It has 35 spot beams in the Ka-band.http://space.skyrocket.de/index_frame.htm?http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/wildblue-1.htm WildBlue-1 Specifications. WildBlue-1, was launched on with Anik-F2, thus increasing service capacity without requiring customers to re-aim satellite antennas. WildBlue-2 WildBlue-2 was cancelled before it was built.http://space.skyrocket.de/index_frame.htm?http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/wildblue-1.htm Article with WildBlue-2 details EQUIPMENT WildBlue uses a 28 × 26 in (508 × 660 mm) Mini-dish and external satellite Modem to bring their service to subscribers nearly anywhere in the 48 contiguous states. The modem connects to a PC 's or Apple Macintosh 's Network Card via 10BASE-T ( RJ-45 ) cables, much in the way a cable or DSL modem would. The modem updates its Firmware automatically.
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