ViaSat Satellite Receives Guinness World Records Recognition

The American communications company, ViaSat ‘s satellite earned a Guinness World Records title “highest-capacity communications satellite in the world.” ViaSat-1 satellite powers Exede® Internet service since its launch in October 2011 and has had more capacity than all other communication satellites covering North America combined.

In a report at ViaSat’s website, the company stated, “The record confirms that ViaSat-1 provides the most total throughput capacity over the U.S. and Canada – 100 times the capacity of a typical Ku-band satellite and 10 times the throughput of any Ka-band satellite launched prior to ViaSat-1. Combined with the company’s innovative ground system, the new system is transforming the economics and quality of service offered by satellite Internet service. In addition to powering the 12 Mbps Exede Internet service, ViaSat-1 will provide the bandwidth for a new generation of enterprise services, including in-flight broadband for commercial aviation.”

Chairman and CEO of ViaSat, Mark Dankberg said, “The Guinness World Records title is an important recognition of our breakthrough technology and a testament to the work done by our team of innovators. Best of all, it’s allowing us to deliver on our commitment to provide a high quality customer experience for satellite broadband service.”

Exede® Internet have signed more than 200,000 subscribers since January 2012. This Guinness recognition marks the second major recognition for the Exede® Internet service (first being the annual FCC benchmarking report, 2013 Measuring Broadband America, Exede service led all Internet providers in surpassing advertised speeds).

 

See also: Ku-band Satellite