AlphaStar to Deploy Two-way Satellite Broadband Network.Business Editors/High Tech Writers GREENWICH, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 2, 2000 Today AlphaStar International announced that the company is in the process of deploying and marketing two-way satellite broadband Internet See broadband. and intranet network. The new network is launched under the name www.telecrossing.net. TeleCrossing offers two-way high Speed Internet access See how to access the Internet. up to 33 Mbps, always on, reliable, fully interactive, capable of multicasting, and goes globally any and everywhere. Initially TeleCrossing is targeting business and education institutions, content providers, multi-dwelling units, hospitality industry, community centers and managed-care facilities among others. To achieve penetration within these markets the company is entering and seeking to enter into agreements with ISP's, ASP's, cable MSO's, Telco and other resellers to distribute the services. AlphaStar is one of the original four Direct To Home (DTH (Direct-To-Home) Typically refers to satellite TV broadcasting directly to a dish antenna on the roof of a house. See DBS. ) satellite Television broadcasting networks (including Direct TV, Echostar, Primestar and AlphaStar). The company has for the last year been focused on infrastructure integrating and preparing its satellite direct to home television assets and capabilities to offer two-way broadband high-speed Internet See broadband. access. The uniqueness of its FCC-licensed Teleport Verb 1. teleport - transport by dematerializing at one point and assembling at another science fiction - literary fantasy involving the imagined impact of science on society transport - move something or somebody around; usually over long distances , conditional access Conditional Access (acronymized CA) is the protection of content by requiring certain criteria to be met before granting access to this content. The term is commonly used in relation to digital television systems, most notably satellite television. capability and DTH/DBS integrated with Internet broadband establishes the company as a pioneer in this convergent field with immediate deployment plans. TeleCrossing believes its unique and extensive satellite DTH/Ku Teleport facilities offer a more robust and affordable broadband highspeed alternative without the distance limitations of 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 and the bandwidth sharing of communities of cable modem cable modem Modem used to convert analog data signals to digital form and vise versa, for transmission or receipt over cable television lines, especially for connecting to the Internet. . TeleCrossing is ready now to compete with both cable modem and DSL. TeleCrossing Satellite Broadband Network can be deployed quickly, easily and affordably. Satellites can reach everywhere regardless of geographical and regulatory boundaries. TeleCrossing's broadband network is designed to serve the underserved, disenfranchised and unserved Internet users Internet user n → internauta m/f Internet user Internet n → internaute m/f who cannot be reached by cable (35% of US household) or DSL (66 million US households). These figures are more pronounced in other world countries due to the lack of fiber and HFC 1. (networking) HFC - Hybrid Fiber Coax. 2. (hardware) HFC - hydrofluorocarbon. cable networks. Satellite bypasses the clogged Internet terrestrial backbone and minimizes the so-called "worldwide wait." Further satellites allow the use of broadcasting and multicasting. Multicasting is limited terrestrially to the intra-domain of each phone company. Streaming media See streaming audio, streaming video and digital media hub. cannot survive financially without multicasting. TeleCrossing network tested successfully the following applications, among others, and offers them to prospective clients immediately.
1. Two-way high-speed broadband symmetrical satellite Internet and
Intranet connectivity up to 32 Mbps in increments of 2 Mbps;
two-way small dish is used at the receiving end, eliminating
landline and phone return path.
2. Complete interactivity for e-mail, instant messaging, browsing,
searching, e-commerce, games and other residential and
commercial broadband applications.
3. Encrypted and unencrypted feeds with secure communications and
conditional access to determine destination geographically (for
example, by countries or zip codes etc.) with provisioning and
termination as needed.
4. TeleCrossing covers the USA, Canada, the Caribbean Islands,
Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Testing is
under way for Asian coverage.
5. TeleCrossing offers central Data storage and web hosting at the
Teleport. Also transmitting for warehousing and caching at
remote and decentralized locations.
6. Origination and insertion of promotional and advertisement
material.
7. Down linking live 24/7 satellite television, video and other
satellite feeds, up linking them to a receiving satellite and
down linking to a computing terminal, printer, fax machine or
set-top box for television.
8. Receiving Internet feeds including television and streaming
media live 24/7 from fiber connection (both dedicated and
undedicated lines) up linking it to a receiving satellite, then
down linking to a computing terminal, printer fax machine or
set-top box for television.
9. TeleCrossing offers a secure and encrypted Virtual Private
Network (VPN) for corporations, business applications, distance
learning, and Telemedicine, among other applications.
10. Offering special Teleport services such as, satellite
turnaround, satellite to fiber or other needed configurations
and streaming services such as digitization, encoding, caching
and video on demand.
About AlphaStar International AlphaStar International (Greenwich, Conn. Phone 203.531.5555, fax 203.531.6903) is one of the original four DTH (Direct-To-Home) satellite broadcasting companies Noun 1. broadcasting company - a company that manages tv or radio stations company - an institution created to conduct business; "he only invests in large well-established companies"; "he started the company in his garage" , including DirecTV, Echo star, and Primestar. The company now specializes in Internet Broadband origination, storage and distribution via fiber and satellite. Alpha Star's teleport, located in Oxford, Connecticut Oxford is a town located in western New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 9,821 at the 2000 Census. There are several areas in Oxford: Quaker Farms, Riverside and Oxford Center. , on twelve campus-like acres is one of about a dozen Ku-band facilities in the world specializing in video and multimedia with extensive capacity and scalability. It allows the down-linking and up-linking of multimedia and broadband content using Ku,C bands and Vsat connections and the reception by users via a small dish. It has been fully FCC (1) (Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, www.fcc.gov) The U.S. government agency that regulates interstate and international communications including wire, cable, radio, TV and satellite. The FCC was created under the U.S. licensed since 1996. The teleport cannot be replicated without spending tens of millions of dollars and considerable time to obtain zoning permits and construction, creating immediate barrier to entry. Built on a mountaintop moun·tain·top n. The summit of a mountain. as part of President Reagan's "Star Wars" program, it was intended originally to protect the US by tracking the former Soviet Union's satellites. As a result the teleport is geographically located where it can down link and up link from most countries around the globe. The teleport was converted within the last year to a satellite broadcasting and Internet broadband applications capable of delivering thousands of TV channels and Radio stations continuously, live 24/7 and on demand. |
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