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BB SAT begins satellite broadband service in Japan

By Team Diginews4u ⋅ April 1, 2009 ⋅  Email This Post ⋅ Post a comment

BB SAT (Japan) has announced the commencement of its satellite broadband service in Japan.

The service, aimed primarily at consumers and SME/SOHO customers, will provide service to Japan’s Digital Divide areas and to ADSL users who, because of distance from ADSL provisioning facilities, receive poor quality service. The BB SAT service will provide 2.5 Mbps in the forward direction and 512 kbps in the return direction.

These are the highest speed consumer-priced broadband services presently offered by satellite.

Customers will have to pay 5,000 yen ($51) monthly for the service plus a terminal rental fee.

The service is operated with the ViaSat SurfBeam system, and uses the Ka band satellite capacity of the Sky Perfect – JSAT Superbird B2 satellite. Initially limited service will be provided with nationwide roll-out beginning this summer. BB SAT (Japan)is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BB SAT, a US company.

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Tags: ADSL, Satellite, SMEs