SATELLITE AND INTERNET INDUSTRIES STAND TO MUTUALLY BENEFIT
- Internet transmission represents fastest growing segment of the FSS industry. (Source: Merrill Lynch)
- Internet traffic over satellites doubles every six months. (Source: Industry Reports).
- Internet traffic is projected to constitute a major revenue stream for the new generation of satellite systems in the Ka and V bands.
- Satellites represent the only Internet access alternative in many rural areas and developing nations.
- Satellites provide instant infrastructure to ISPs.
- Satellites provide a cost advantage over wireline networks in areas with sparse population.
- Satellites provide an efficient means of Internet access for customers with asynchronous Internet usage patterns and from the ability to multicast content.
- Satellites allow residential and business customers to bypass the local loop with speeds higher than the transmission rate received through a standard phone line.