Viasat WILDBLUE 9000 Surfbeam Satellite Modem SM2100-30

options for high-speed Internet in rural areas are severely limited you may be able to get fixed wireless where the signal is transferred using radio waves from a transmitter receiver on a local tower or as shown in this video you can get a dish installed to connect to a satellite in outer space I live in Bragg Creek Alberta about 50 kilometres west of Calgary in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in the forest about half a kilometre West is kananaskis a vast Natural Area I like to say that I live at the end of civilization most of the time this is great but when I want to jump on the internet it's a big problem the local cable companies won't install high-speed cable to a sparsely populated area the fixed wireless Internet service provider offers a very good service if you can get it that is if it isn't blocked by hills and trees if you can't you only have one choice wireless satelli