After earning
top marks from the FCC for its broadband performance,
ViaSat has added yet another feather to its cap in the form of a
Guinness World Record. According to the august organization, the ViaSat-1 satellite, which powers the 12 Mbps
Exede Internet service, is the highest-capacity communications satellite in the world. The reason for the accolade? The orbiting spacecraft apparently provides around 100 times the throughput capacity of a
Ku-bandsatellite and ten times that of a
Ka-band, which adds up to more capacity than all North American communication satellites combined at the time of its
2011 launch. While its broadband service still has
latency issues, the folks over at ViaSat must feel pretty confident of its recent accomplishments; the company is currently looking beyond its rural customer base and venturing forth into other enterprises, such as
in-flight WiFi. Better watch your back,
Gogo.
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