High-Speed Net Access For Remote Canadian Communities

In short, today's earth demands high-speed Net access.

And the demand for speed is growing as the Net becomes an essential part of modern life and new bandwidth-hungry services, applications and devices are rolled out.

But what if you're among the much than 7.5 million Canadians in rural and remote communities who don't have cable or DSL high-speed broadband access? Typically, these areas of the country have been underserved by the simple fact that the social science of a land-based system wish ne'er justify mass deployment.

Fortunately, there is a resolution for many an of these remote residents – a high-speed satellite Net service offered by Bell ExpressVu's DirecPC. Essentially, the system uses the same Bell ExpressVu satellite dish as the Bell ExpressVu TV service, but works severally from the satellite receiver to deliver data to your computer.

How fast is satellite Internet? DirecPC features transfer speeds of up to 400 kbps - that's up to seven times quicker than a traditional 56k modem.

In every day terms, that means users can transfer a 4MB audio file in 60-70 seconds compared with over 19 minutes victimisation a 56K modem. Or transfer a 1MB video file in a little over 16 seconds compared with just about 5 minutes victimisation a 56K modem.

It's a broadband Net access service that is always on and is accessible to anyone, anyplace in North american country with a phone line and a local Net Service Provider.

Increasingly, high-speed Net is becoming a must-have service. According to Canada's National Broadband Task Force, the immense majority of Canadians are going to require high-speed Net access to use new online services from governments and businesses that are progressively placing information and products on secure Web sites. All aspects of our society are being altered by the availableness of the Net to the point that e-business and e-learning are seen by many an as crucial to the development of our economy.

Without high-speed access, the benefits of these new services are generally restricted to Canadians living in the largest urban areas of the country. DirecPC satellite, however, levels the playing field for those living in remote or rural areas.

DirecPC is accessible from Bell ExpressVu dealers throughout North american country or by contacting Bell ExpressVu at 1-888-DirecPC (347-3272) or direcpcinfo@expressvu.com. For much information, please visit www.bell.ca/direcpc.

- News Canada

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