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)