AlphaStar Offers Two-Way Residential Satellite Broadband For $39.99 Per Month.Business & Technology Editors GREENWICH, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 6, 2001 AlphaStar International announced the prices of two-way residential satellite broadband services ( www.SkyCrossing.net ). The price of the basic package for a residential subscriber is $39.99 per month with a onetime payment of $199 for customer equipment and $199 installation fees. The basic package provides monthly always-on high-speed access of 512Kbps/144Kbps (downstream/upstream). This is the lowest price for similar service among residential satellite broadband providers today. AlphaStar's 2-way satellite broadband service was launched in August 2000 using General Electric Americom GE-5 satellite with a footprint including the continental USA, Canada, the Caribbean and parts of Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. . The Company also demonstrated successfully the ability to provide broadband access See broadband and wireless broadband. to Europe, the Middle East and Africa Europe, the Middle East and Africa, usually abbreviated to EMEA, is a regional designation used for government, marketing and business purposes. It is particularly common amongst North American based companies, who often divide their international operations into the using Loral Skynet Loral Skynet is a full-service global satellite operator headquartered in Bedminster, New Jersey. The company provides a wide range of video and data transmission services. It became a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications when Loral acquired it in 1997 from AT&T. satellites. Separately, AlphaStar announced a formal change of name of the satellite broadband services from TeleCrossing network to SkyCrossing network (www.SkyCrossing.net ). SkyCrossing's Network architecture for residential users is based on a hybrid model integrating two-way satellite broadband with local fixed wireless for the last mile. As a result, the two-way broadband access is provided to the residential subscribers wirelessly without the need for a satellite dish satellite dish n. A dish antenna used to receive and transmit signals relayed by satellite. satellite dish A parabolic antenna used to receive signals relayed by satellite. at their residences. SkyCrossing hybrid model provides the residential subscriber with all the benefits of wireless broadband High-speed wireless transmission of data. What is "high" speed is always a changing number. Wireless systems are typically slower than land-based, wireline networks. In the past, wireless broadband started at 250 Kbps, whereas land-based broadband was generally considered to start at T1 anywhere and everywhere globally regardless of the geographical, national and regulatory boundaries. The hybrid model permits the deployment of 2-way satellite broadband access globally, economically and immediately. Satellite covers areas where DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary , cable or dial-up services An information service on demand. The term was popular when analog modems were the only way to connect to a remote system. See dial-up. are unavailable, unsatisfactory or inadequate. Satellite broadband makes it possible offer Internet access to the un-served and under-served users. Meanwhile the use of local fixed wireless as the last mile allows easy and flexible installation at the residence, multiplicity of uses, mobility for users, and the ability to inject local content. The hybrid model also bypasses the bottlenecks of the Internet terrestrial backbone and the dependency on (and the hassles with) the fiber or phone companies. To accelerate deployment, SkyCrossing Network is seeking Technology Partners, Marketing Affiliates, Resellers, Installers and ISP's for all global markets. Please review our website and contact us on line at www.SkyCrossing.net |
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