Wild Blue first to offer Ka Band Internet in U.S.
Breaking News 2-28-2005:
"The only Ka game in town in the near future will be WildBlue who will begin service in June. Their Western Gateway is now operating and the other 4 are being installed. June should be a good date. Telesat has some capacity in the US but will not compete with their “customer” WildBlue." This quote came from a very reliable industry leader.There you have it. Any company offering Kaband service in the U.S. will have to come through Wild Blue it appears.
Wild Blue will offer 3 Ka Band internet plans: 512 kbps download speed - $49.95 per mo.; 1MB download speed - $69.95 per mo. and 1.5 MB download speed - $79.95 per mo. The upload speed has been stated by a WB official as ranging from 128 kbps to 256 kbps, but no word on whether that applies to all of the plans or not.
"The only Ka game in town in the near future will be WildBlue who will begin service in June. Their Western Gateway is now operating and the other 4 are being installed. June should be a good date. Telesat has some capacity in the US but will not compete with their “customer” WildBlue." This quote came from a very reliable industry leader.There you have it. Any company offering Kaband service in the U.S. will have to come through Wild Blue it appears.
Wild Blue will offer 3 Ka Band internet plans: 512 kbps download speed - $49.95 per mo.; 1MB download speed - $69.95 per mo. and 1.5 MB download speed - $79.95 per mo. The upload speed has been stated by a WB official as ranging from 128 kbps to 256 kbps, but no word on whether that applies to all of the plans or not.
posted by Randy Scott at 12:48 PM
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