11/10/2017 - Says consumer business remains bandwidth-constrained as it prepares to put new high-capacity bird into service
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ViaSat 2, launched in June from French Guiana, packs 300 Gbps of total throughput, opening the door for ViaSat to offer speeds to individual subs of 100 Mbps or more. The new satellite is expected to enter service in February 2018. In preparation, ViaSat has begun to test several new service plans, including a range of unlimited data plans.
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Dankberg also said that satellite broadband is increasingly well-positioned to support OTT services, including a new mix of live TV options that require more capacity than SVODs like Netflix, and suggested further that the future “may involve partnering with one or more of those service providers.”
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