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Xplornet High-Speed internet
service, available almost everywhere. No phone
line needed.
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Xplornet
High-Speed internet, available almost everywhere.
Tired of the phone or cable company telling you "oh maybe
next year"? Xplornet is available now, and is fast and
reliable.
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How It Works.
Xplornet is a 2-way satellite-based service. It
operates from the Canadian
Anik F2 satellite and is transmitted via KA-band.
KA-band is relatively new for satellite transmissions,
it operates at a higher frequency than KU-band (KU-Band
is used by all current small dish TV systems). The
dish has both a receiver (LNB) and a transmitter, to
send the signal back up to the satellite. Since it
uses a 2-way setup, there is NO connection to the phone
line, your phone is always free. Two coax cables
run from the dish to the satellite modem. The
satellite modem converts the information to standard
ethernet which can be connected to your PC or network.
The satellite modem appears to your PC as a standard
cable modem, so it will work with all PC's and operating
systems, including Windows, MacOS, and Linux. |
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How Fast Is It?
Xplornet is a high-speed service, many times faster
than dial-up. Download speeds range from 512kbps
(or 40-60kBps) to 2Mbps (or 200-250kBps). Upload
speeds range from 128kbps (12-16kBps) to 512kbps
(40-60kBps). Say you wanted to download a 50MB
file (with the size of Windows updates and virus scanner
updates, that's not too unusual), on the average dial-up
connection it would take between 8-9 hours. On
Xplornet's basic KaZam package, the same 50MB file would
take approximately 25 minutes. This gives you the
capability to stream audio and video, and download what
you want without tying up the phone all day, or
purchasing a second phone line. Because of the
nature of satellite connections, most first-person
internet games will not be playable. This also
includes PS2 and Xbox Live games. Many
role-playing games however will work fine via satellite. |
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What Does It Cost?
Due to the cost of transmitting via microwave to a
satellite 22,000 miles in space, Xplornet is more
expensive than cable or DSL. The difference is
that it will work were cable and DSL will not. You
should check first with Aliant or your local cable
company to see if they can offer you service. If
they can not, you can give us a
call or send us an
email with your address and we can quote you on a
system. You can also visit the link below for the
pricing information from Xplornet
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