Het amerikaanse bedrijf iSky.net verwacht in 2001 internet via de satelliet aan te kunnen bieden, waarbij zowel de up- als downstream verbinding via space verloopt. Snelheden zijn 1,5Mbit/sec downstream en 500-1000Kbps voor de uplink. Zoals altijd is dit grapje voorlopig alleen beschikbaar in de VS (thanks Azqi voor de tip):
In late 2001, the company plans to start up an affordable broadband service available to homes and small offices in the United States and Latin America."There are a lot of people who want to get (high-speed access) and can't," said Gary Schultz, president of broadband research firm MRG Inc. "The foreseeable future could be pretty bright for satellite Internet."
[...] It has received the OK from the Federal Communications Commission to use the Ka-Band (20GHz to 30GHz) at two orbital locations on May 8, 1997. Each satellite will be able to deliver 38Mbps, which iSky believes will result in 1.5Mbps speeds to the user and 500Kbps to 1Mbps speeds back to the Internet.
Pricing and additional partners were not revealed.
Check dit artikel van ZDNet voor meer info.
