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ViaSat Debuts Residential Broadband Service Via Satellite

ViaSat's satellite-based residential broadband service offers speeds of up to 100 Mbps and unlimited data plans, the company said Tuesday, unveiling the service. The service comes from the company's ViaSat-2 satellite, and it has plans at 12 Mbps, 25 Mbps,…

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30 Mbps, 50 Mbps and 100 Mbps nationwide. It plans ViaSat-2 services for business and government, plus commercial and business aircraft in-flight connectivity. It said its first ViaSat-3 satellite, which will offer 1 Tbps network capacity, is expected to go into service in 2020 in the Americas, to be followed with a second satellite months later for Europe, Middle East and Africa coverage, and with a third ViaSat-3 planned for Asia-Pacific.