What is Broadband Satellite Internet for the Home?
Simply put, broadband means high-speed Internet access. To understand it more specifically, you have to think in terms of data transmission or the amount of time it takes to send messages from your computer to another computer. In other words, how long does it take for you to download information from a Website? A typical dial-up Internet connection allows for data transfer of 56 kilobits a second. This is a slow data transfer rate. A broadband satellite Internet connection provides a data transfer rate of up to five times that much. All data transmission is sent at the speed of light186,000 miles per second. Even though the satellites could be as far away as 22,000 miles, transmission usually takes only 500 to 900 milliseconds to travel back and forth. With download speeds from 1 megabit per second to 5 megabits per second, a broadband satellite Internet connection from HughesNet provides faster download times of images and documents, and the capability of viewing more online informat
