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Broadband is often called “high-speed” access to the Internet, because it usually has a high rate of data transmission. Learn more about broadband Internet access.

Satellite Internet access can be provided to users world-wide through Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites. Read more about the satellites that provide Internet access.

Many of us have lots of options to access the Internet, including DSL, cable, and dial-up. A lesser known type of access is satellite Internet. Because this connection relies on space instead of terrestrial wires on Earth, this alternative is more accessible than even dial-up, especially to rural Internet users.

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Satellite Internet Leaps Forward with New Spacecraft in 2012: Broadband Internet delivered via satellite stands to get a big boost in 2012 when HughesNet, one of two major providers in the United States, launches a next-generation spacecraft.

Our new satellite, named Jupiter, which will be able to transfer data faster than the company's current dedicated SPACEWAY satellite and an array of transponders leased on other orbiting craft. Read more about how our new satellite to be launched in 2012 will benefit Internet users in both rural and urban areas.

Hughes Teams with American Farm Bureau Inc.: GERMANTOWN, Md., April 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ – Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), the global leader in broadband satellite networks and services, today announced an agreement with American Farm Bureau Inc. (AFB Inc.) to offer Farm Bureau members in participating states who activate a new HughesNet high-speed satellite Internet account an attractive discount on the monthly service plan fee.

Many Farm Bureau members live in areas that don't have access to affordable, high-speed Internet service such as DSL or cable and will benefit from this new agreement. Currently 16 state Farm Bureaus plan to offer this new benefit to their members according to Ron Gaskill, managing director of AFB, Inc.

"We are pleased to offer HughesNet for Farm Bureau members who live and work in areas where high-speed DSL or cable Internet access is not available," Gaskill said. "Farm Bureau members who activate a new HughesNet account will benefit by getting the nation's #1 satellite broadband service at a discounted monthly rate."

Hughes Supports FIRST® Robotics Competition: Annual Event Showcases High School Student Designed and Programmed Robots: GERMANTOWN, Md., March 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ – Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), the global leader in broadband satellite technologies and services, today announced it will be supporting the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST Robotics Competition for the DC Region being held March 25-26, 2011 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. The FIRST Robotics Competition fosters science and technology education for high school students as they build and program a robot to perform prescribed tasks against a field of competitors.

In rural or remote areas where cable or DSL internet access is not available, satellite internet may be [the] only choice for high-speed Internet access.