keywords: intelsat satellite satellites stranded internet
text: Internet Users Left Stranded After Intelsat Satellite Fails (washingtonpost.com) washingtonpost.com - Commercial satellite operator Intelsat Ltd. lost use of one of its satellites Sunday -- a mishap that left some Internet customers stranded and could jeopardize a proposed  #36;5 billion deal to sell the company to a group of four venture capital firms.