It used to be tough to stay informed and in tune to the world if you lived in rural America. Most out-of-towners already had proximity working against them; not having a reliable high speed internet connection was just the icing on the cake. While dial-up internet is available to most rural areas, who has time to wait two minutes for a webpage to load or an hour to download a 4 MB song off I-tunes. Slow and unreliable internet has helped keep rural America in the proverbial “Stone Age”, especially when compared to its urban counterparts. Those days are no longer with the advent of satellite internet.
Now most city dwellers haven’t even heard of satellite internet. After all, inner city inhabitants have DSL and cable modems to allow them to web crawl at blazing speeds. But satellite systems were not created for people living the city life. Satellite systems were made for the farmers and rural businessmen/businesswomen of the world. Providing rural broadband internet allows the people who enjoy the solitude and fresh air of rural country to stay in tune with the latest world events and news, their favorite sports teams and even enables them to make various purchases via the internet. Giving rural consumers purchasing power via the internet is especially important. Most rural dwellers would have to travel grave distances to the nearest city to make purchases at their favorite stores. Satellite broadband allows these residents to make the very same purchases from the comfort of their own homes, without having to wait excessive amounts of time for the web pages to load.
But satellite internet has not yet reached the level of perfection that most consumers desire. Satellite broadband is, like satellite TV, still very dependent on the weather. Therefore, rain or stormy weather can ruin your plans of accessing the world of information that is the internet at broadband speeds. In addition, satellite broadband also requires an unobstructed view of the equator, since most satellites orbit the equator, to work at maximum efficiency. Rural customers should be sure to place their satellite dish in an open area that is not surrounded by buildings, trees or other obstructive vegetation. Therefore, if you have obstructions completely surrounding your house or live in an area that sees rainstorms with great frequency, dial-up may be your only reliable option. As stated above, satellite broadband transmits via a satellite dish but also requires other equipment such as a modem that connects your computer to the dish. Therefore, if you don’t have satellite TV, purchasing all this new equipment can become rather pricey.
Overall, satellite internet is helping to bring rural America catch up with its inner city counterparts. If you live in a rural area, make sure and contact your local internet service provider to find out if you live in an area that can receive DSL or cable internet. But even if these options are not available, satellite internet is here to satisfy your high speed broadband urges.