Satellite Services - Viasat's Satellite Services segment revenues were lower compared to the same period last year primarily due to a moderate decrease in the overall number of residential subscribers, which at the close of the third quarter of fiscal year 2018 was approximately 577,000.
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ARPU in the residential business grew 8% year-over-year to a record high of $68.23, as the Company continued to see good response to its selective introduction of higher-value premium service plans ahead of the ViaSat-2 commercial service launch.
As of quarter end, approximately 43,000 subscribers were already on "ViaSat-2 like" unlimited plans on the ViaSat-1 satellite, indicating consumers' interest for higher-value premium service plans that deliver higher speeds, more data and more video streaming.
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