On Jan. 16, Carlsbad-based ViaSat, which successfully launched its own satellite last fall, unveiled Exede, its satellite broadband service that gives millions of users across the United States broadband speeds of up to 12 Mbps (megabytes per second) downstream and up to 3 Mbps upstream.
The new services makes good on the communication company's promise to completely transform satellite broadband technology and allows it to compete with its other Internet competitors.
The company's rates starting at $49.00 depending on data allowance plans that start at 7.5 gigabytes.
"With our new Exede broadband service, customers across the United States will have a way to get exceptional speed whether they live in a city, suburbs or a more rural area," Tom Moore, senior VP of ViaSat said in a statement. "Our new Exede service speeds make us very competitive with wireless home broadband service as well as legacy DSL and many cable services."
The new satellite, Via-Sat 1, is only partly the reason for the new high speeds. The services also uses new web acceleration technology that speeds up page load times, which makes for faster web browsing, including streaming videos with fewer buffering delays, better, less-jittery video chat, and download and music streaming.
According to ViaSat, Exede is "a major milestone in a process that began in 2008 when ViaSat introduced its next-generation satellite system, representing the most significant capacity leap in the history of satellite technology."
In addition to residential service, the new ViaSat high-capacity satellite system is designed to simultaneously deliver a wide range of enterprise and mobile broadband services. Professional customers can choose from a family of terminals for enterprise, on-the-move, and portable applications.
ViaSat is also working with JetBlue to create in-flight broadband for commercial aviation, with a planned service launch by the end of 2012.
The new services makes good on the communication company's promise to completely transform satellite broadband technology and allows it to compete with its other Internet competitors.
The company's rates starting at $49.00 depending on data allowance plans that start at 7.5 gigabytes.
"With our new Exede broadband service, customers across the United States will have a way to get exceptional speed whether they live in a city, suburbs or a more rural area," Tom Moore, senior VP of ViaSat said in a statement. "Our new Exede service speeds make us very competitive with wireless home broadband service as well as legacy DSL and many cable services."
The new satellite, Via-Sat 1, is only partly the reason for the new high speeds. The services also uses new web acceleration technology that speeds up page load times, which makes for faster web browsing, including streaming videos with fewer buffering delays, better, less-jittery video chat, and download and music streaming.
According to ViaSat, Exede is "a major milestone in a process that began in 2008 when ViaSat introduced its next-generation satellite system, representing the most significant capacity leap in the history of satellite technology."
In addition to residential service, the new ViaSat high-capacity satellite system is designed to simultaneously deliver a wide range of enterprise and mobile broadband services. Professional customers can choose from a family of terminals for enterprise, on-the-move, and portable applications.
ViaSat is also working with JetBlue to create in-flight broadband for commercial aviation, with a planned service launch by the end of 2012.