A broadband feed delivered to your home or workplace over a ground-based antenna system or via satellite signal. It's a third option if your local cable TV company won't be rolling out cable modem service in your neighborhood for some time. Or you may live or work in the middle of nowhere where your chances of running into Howard Hughes are better than getting a broadband connection via wire. The connection is always on, which means you can access the Internet without the nuisance of dialing up your Internet service provider over a telephone line. The speeds at which information is downloaded into your computer are at least 50 times faster than a dial-up modem's.
Users can go online without tying up their telephone lines.
Businesses can use broadband networks for videoconferencing, for example, and to let employees telecommute. It can tap into a fast-growing number of entertainment resources. Links can be established in even the remotest parts of the country. It also delivers TV service to about 1 million U.S. households. MMDS service is dependable, and it can support e-mail, newsgroups and Web hosting.