Thanks to Tim Finnerty for the heads up on the Satellite industry: Broadband Satellite Markets Did Not Falter in Face of 2009 Economic Crisis.
I find this amazing! I’m not surprised that people have maintained broadband connections because I think once you have broadband you realize that you can use it to offset other costs, such as long distance charges. I’m surprised that so many people get or maintain satellite broadband connections. I do think that satellite can be a godsend to folks who live outside the reach of other options but the latency can be frustrating.
I had occasion to use satellite while I was on a boat from Scotland to Northern Ireland last weekend. Now I suppose it the worst case scenario – but it was pretty slow, better than nothing, but slow.
Yeah, I wouldn’t use satellite unless I had no option.
Access to the internet is pretty much a necessity these days. And now that I’ve gone over to broadband, I think I’d cry if I had to go back to dial-up.
It doesn’t really make sense that people would maintain a more expensive connection when they had another choice. It’s not as though it’s difficult to compare broadband these days, that can be done online instead of having to rifle through a ton of advertising material.