![]() ![]() Launched in November 2000, StarBand began selling the Gilat Satellite Networks SkyBlaster PCI card VSAT. StarBand offered the first residential two-way satellite Internet service in the United States market. StarBand announced in August 2015 that they would cease operations on 30 September 2015, citing competitive pressures from other current satellite internet providers, as well as new higher-bandwidth providers ( Starlink and OneWeb) on the horizon, with new constellations slated to come online before 2020. As of mid-2005, StarBand had approximately 32,000 subscribers. In March 2005, StarBand Communications was wholly acquired by Spacenet, a division of Gilat Satellite Networks, which continued to operate the service. StarBand Communications filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2002 and emerged from bankruptcy in 2003. was initially a joint venture between Gilat Satellite Networks, EchoStar and Microsoft, and the StarBand service launched in 2000. A 0.75 meter satellite dish is needed the antenna was sufficiently small that homeowner associations could not prohibit its installation. Two-way bandwidth for residential users was up to 1.5 Mbit/s download speed and 256 kbit/s upload speed, with unlimited usage and online hours. The StarBand satellite Internet system was a VSAT platform that used K u band satellites for transmission of data from users' PCs to the StarBand network operations center. StarBand ceased operations effective Septemciting increased competition from other internet providers. StarBand was a two-way satellite broadband Internet service available in the U.S. ![]()
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