Satellite Snag Hits Starband

By Om Malik | Tuesday, November 30, 2004 | 6:47 AM PT | 0 comments |

PCWorld.com: Intelsat Americas-7 satellitle has gone on a blink and has hit hard the subscribers of broadband services supplied by StarBand Communications, according to a statement posted on the company’s Web site. Meanwhile, the company is attempting to provide temporary dial-up service to customers affected, the statement says. Now here is another argument about why we really need broadband in hard to reach places like most of rural US.

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