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Tooway is high-speed internet access via satellite.
With Tooway there is no need of telephone line. So, if you have no access to ADSL or if the performance of you current internet access is unsatisfactory, Tooway gives us a simple, fast and reliable access to high speed internet.
Satellite internet access guarantees the same high level of performance in every location, regardless of landscape: on the top of a mountain, in the middle of the countryside, in a small isolated village.
All you need is a satellite dish and a modem.
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Ka-Sat, the most powerful communications satellite ever built, was launched via Proton rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the 26th December 2010.
The Ka Sat satellite which weighs in at over 6,000 kilos, is in geostationary orbit at 9 degrees east, and provides the backbone of satellite owner Eutelsat’s next generation Tooway services which are available from us now.
The Ka Sat satellite which was built on the Eurostar E3000 platform by Astrium and which has a 16 year life expectancy, offers a total capacity of 70 Gbps throughput, enough to provide high quality broadband for over 1,500,000 homes and small businesses.
The satellite provides its unique Ka band coverage via 82 spot beams. Each spot beam is associated with a 237 Mhz wide transponder allowing data throughout of 475 Mbps. The spot beam network covers the whole of Europe including the new European countries, the whole of the Mediterranean basin, some of North Africa and some of the Middle East.
Eutelsat has invested around €350m in Ka Sat and its sophisticated ground network which comprises an interconnected infrastructure of 10 gateways for a high quality service and the ultimate in speed and resilience.
The new Ka Sat network is controlled by Eutelsat’s Skylogic subsidiary at their NOC in Turin, and customer provisioning, support, billing and ongoing ground services are provided by ToowayDirect in conjunction with its network of European resellers.
The satellite has completed final testing following the gradual commissioning of it’s on-board systems over the 5 months since launch. Our first customers are going live on the new Ka Sat based services on the 1st of June 2011. You can order your new Tooway equipment and service today.
Customer Premises Equipment will be the new ViaSat SurfBeam2 modem with a 74 cm antenna. The Ka Sat satellite and the new modem operate the latest technology in the forward channel MF-TDMA, meaning customers will be able to achieve significantly better broadband performance that is currently available in many rural areas and not-spots.
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