The Spectrum website reported on February 17 that ViaSat, a competitor to local satellite providers Bay Broadband and Hughes, has launched Exede, a new satellite broadband service that the Carlsbad, Calif., satellite communications company claims will be as good as or better than the average optical fiber connection on the ground. ViaSat plans to offer the service to about a million subscribers across the United States, including the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
Subscribers will be able to download at speeds of 12 megabits per second and upload at 3 Mb/s. According to Erwin Hudson, chief technology officer of ViaSat communications, calls the US $49-per-month service “screamingly fast.”
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Jamie G. says
Any idea when Exede will be available on the Eastern Shore??? Good scoop!!!!!