Is HughesNet a Solution for Rural Internet Service?
A recently published Pew Internet & American Life Project memo states that only 24 percent of rural residents have internet access at home.* This small number is a result of many factors, but one of the major reasons is that many cable and DSL internet service providers do not provide rural high speed internet services. Of course, many people living in rural areas access the internet through dial-up phone lines – a frustrating and slow experience. With a dial-up internet connection it can take almost a minute (sometimes longer) for certain Web pages to load on your screen. Sometimes images and documents cannot be accessed at all because of a slow dial-up connection. Plus, using dial-up as your rural Internet connection ties up your phone line. Rural High Speed Internet Access HughesNet® is your solution. With rural high speed internet, slow or no internet access is a thing of the past. Now, no matter where you live in the contiguous United States – rural areas or urban areas – you can