Hughes High Speed Internet

Hughes high speed internet used to be called Direcway, and it is a satellite internet service.

In fact, HughesNet is the most popular choice for broadband by satellite.

To get access to the service, it is available anywhere in the contigous US with a clear view of the southern sky, Alaska and Hawaii excluded.

This is why it is very popular choice, instead of the slow dial up internet, in areas where cable Internet and DSL don't reach.

The download speeds for the service range from 728 kbps to 2.5 Mbps.

HughesNet is a service of Hughes, which is the leading provider of broadband satellite network solutions for consumers, businesses, and government.

The company has been at the forefront of satellite services for over 30 years, with more than one million systems ordered or shipped to customers in 85 countries.

Hughes in fact pioneered the development of high-speed satellite Internet services, which it markets globally under the HughesNet brand.


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