StarBand Offers Relief to Four Million Customers Stuck At Home;-- Satellite-delivered Internet company Welcomes Anxious Cable Customers.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers MCLEAN, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 3, 2001 StarBand Communications, America's leading consumer two-way satellite Internet provider Internet provider - Internet Service Provider , today set out a welcome mat for At Home customers to experience StarBand's always-on, high-speed service. As the largest cable provider of Internet access service, At Home Corporation's uncertain future has left millions of cable subscribers anxious about their future Internet service and hundreds of thousands without service. "For At Home subscribers the distress of finding a new Internet provider is over," said StarBand President and Chief Marketing Officer David Trachtenberg. "With StarBand service, customers don't have to worry about cable availability or proximity to a central telephone switching Telephone switching Moving one's assets from one mutual fund or variable annuity to another by telephone. telephone switching The movement of an investor's funds from one mutual fund to another mutual fund on the basis of an order given via center for Digital Subscriber Line See DSL. (communications, protocol) Digital Subscriber Line - (DSL, or Digital Subscriber Loop, xDSL - see below) A family of digital telecommunications protocols designed to allow high speed data communication over the existing copper telephone lines between end-users and (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 ) service. StarBand's satellite-based Internet service is available virtually everywhere to everyone -- from the floor of the Grand Canyon to the tip of the Artic Circle to the local neighborhoods of At Home customers." At Home customers can get information to sign up for StarBand service through participating DISH Network satellite providers or the StarBand website: www.StarBand.com. About StarBand Communications Inc. StarBand Communications Inc. is America's first nationwide provider of two-way, always-on, high-speed Internet access via satellite to residential customers. Founded in early 2000, StarBand's investors and strategic partners include EchoStar Communications Corporation EchoStar Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH) is the parent company of DISH Network and the maintainer of the satellite fleet that provides the signal that DISH Network markets. , Gilat Satellite Networks Gilat Satellite Networks is a publicly-traded Israeli company (NASDAQ: GILT. TASE) Gilat designs, develops and markets satellite and hybrid networking products, services and solutions to operators in 85 countries. Ltd., Microsoft Corporation, and ING Furman Selz Investments. StarBand has exclusive rights to Gilat's two-way high-speed Internet technology to consumers in the United States and Canada. StarBand Communications is based in McLean, Virginia. Visit StarBand at www.starband.com. StarBand is a trademark and service mark of StarBand Communications Inc. |
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