Broadband goes Global!
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October
Forget about the LANs and WANs, the Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) is here.
Telecommunication giant Inmarsat are set to launch the second in a series of two super-satellites into orbit in weeks time. They are among the most powerful commercial communications spacecraft in orbit, and they will serve as switchboards in the sky for Inmarsats’s BGAN service.
The service is scheduled for rollout in 2006, and until then, you don’t have to sit in a Starbucks of McCafe for wireless broadband service, you can hit the road and get online, or connect to your office LAN in just anywhere on Earth, at broadband speeds of up to 492 Kbps.
Source: Wired News
See the BGAN Coverage Map [PDF]
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1. Alex | October 25th, 2005 at 3:12 pm
msia also can?
2. admin | October 26th, 2005 at 4:07 am
Yes. Actually, the company guy said 88% of the world will be covered. From the coverage map, I’m guessing that the Antartica and the Artic aren’t covered. M’sia is covered.
3. Alex | October 26th, 2005 at 10:12 pm
but msia’s broadband is so rocky… dun even haf adsl2+. lol
4. wong | September 3rd, 2007 at 6:37 pm
The thing is… How much??? Giving free for one WHOLE country? No eh?
5. Alexallied | September 3rd, 2007 at 8:07 pm
wong: I don’t think it’s free.
6. rose | March 5th, 2010 at 9:13 pm
i’m just looking about Global area network..