subject: Information For Texas Residents Considering Satellite Internet Broadband [print this page] If you are a Texas resident living one of the many large cities that the Lone Star State is home to, such as Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, El Paso, or Fort Worth, you probably have access to wired high-speed Internet services like cable or DSL. But Texas is a big state the second largest in the entire country and a lot of that space is filled with rural communities that fall outside the city limits and, in turn, beyond the scope of the aforementioned wired broadband networks. And if you are one of the many rural Texans living without the convenience of cable or DSL service, satellite Internet can be a great alternative for you.
In the past, life in a rural or remote location without access to cable or DSL service most likely meant turning to dial-up service if you wanted to get online. Nowadays, though, thanks to many great advances in communications technology, satellite Internet broadband is available to those of you rural Texans who have been dying to enjoy the same lightning-fast speeds as your fellow Texans living in Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, El Paso, and Fort Worth. Satellite service is capable of reaching connection speeds that are as much as fifty times faster than standard dial-up service, which typically operates at around 53 Kbps (compared to satellites 1.0 to 5.0 Mbps download speeds).
Lets face it, dial-up Internet service even when it is performing to the best of its ability is slow. Too slow. In this day and age, it is possible to do a lot of different things over the Internet to save time and even money. But if, for example, you have ever tried to stream online video or music content, played an interactive computer game, downloaded large files, or even just checked your email using dial-up Internet, you know that there is really nothing convenient at all about using this type of service.
With the super fast connection speeds available with satellite Internet broadband, doing things like studying online, doing your taxes online, searching for a job online and working from home, and shopping and planning trips online is just as simple and easy for rural Texans as it is for their urban counterparts.
Satellite Internet comes with many other benefits, as well. For example, if you only have one phone line in your house, it is impossible to use the Internet and make a phone call at the same time. Satellite service, on the other hand, lets you stay connected to the Internet around the clock you do not even have to sign online, since your computer connects automatically whenever it is turned on without clogging up your phone line. With satellite Internet, you can also get online from multiple computers using the same connection.
The best part of all is that, as long as you have a clear, unobstructed view of the southern sky, there is no place in the northern hemisphere where you cannot get access to satellite service. This means that, in addition to being able to get high-speed Internet no matter where your home is, portable satellite dishes are also available for those of you Texans whose home is an RV and who are on the road a lot.
