Hughes Breaks Satellite Speed Barrier

Hughes Network Systems has announced the availability of the fastest consumer broadband satellite Internet access plans ever offered. The new service plans, Elite and ElitePlus, operating over the HughesNet service, give rural Americans access to speeds on par with terrestrial broadband services utilizing affordable consumer equipment. The Elite plan features download speeds of up to 2Mbps and ElitePlus features download speeds of up to 3Mbps.

Elite and ElitePlus were made possible by the launch of Hughes' SPACEWAY 3, the largest satellite in the US and the world's first commercial satellite with on-board switching and routing.

SPACEWAY 3 has the greatest total capacity of any commercial satellite, which fuels the faster speeds. SPACEWAY 3 was launched in August of 2007 and began serving customers in April of 2008.

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