How Satellite Broadband Works

Wild Blue Dish and Modem

The satellite interconnection service links a home computer to a satellite 22,500 miles above the earth in a stationary orbit. The signal is received on a small dish (26 inches in diameter).

WildBlue has partnered with Google to provide great email functionality and a customizable WildBlue.net home page.

Click on the image below for an animation of signal processing on a two-way satellite system.

http://wildblue.com/aboutWildblue/how_it_works_demo.jsp

Benefits

This service will provide high speed Internet in rural areas Nationwide with the following benefit

It’s FAST, up to 30x Faster than Dial-UP Internet access (5.0 Megabytes per second)

It is ALWAYS ON – freeing up phone lines, and no logging on.

FREE INSTALLATION – provided by Clarendon Foundation

HD VIDEO STREAMING OPTION – on a limited basis Homeowners may be able to access High Definition Video Streaming with new technology being developed by Clarendon to better facilitate delivery of educational programming.