Here's the Big Picture...

We're partnering with Google to provide great new email functionality and a brand new WildBlue.net home page.

 

Home Page
Your new WildBlue.net home page will bring you a mix of news, weather, sports, and entertainment, plus powerful new features that you can customize, all brought to you through a single web page powered by Google. You'll get the latest services from Google, including Google Calendar, Google Talk, Google Docs, and more than 2,000 Google Gadgets that you can add to your customized home page.

E-mail
Your email addresses will remain the same, and will be powered through Google's popular Gmail tool. We will automatically convert all your existing email addresses to the Google Gmail service. Each of your email addresses will get over 6 GB of storage. This is an increase of 50 times more storage space than you have now. For many customers, this means you'll never have to delete an email again!

1/05/2008 - WildBlue passes 250,000 users. With just 3 years under its (collective) belt, WildBlue has passed another milestone. Never in the (short) history of Satellite Internet has a provider added so many customer's. Many will say that is a problem for WildBlue but considering how long it took its competition to pass that same milestone, it is just amazing. The newer technology is an attestment to the fact that Ka band satellite Internet offered by WildBlue is top of the list of those offering satellite Internet.

12/28/2007 - WildBlue announces price increases in "high" fill beams. WildBlue announced today its 1st Quarter promotion. With increased demand for the service, they will raise pricing on the value plan package to $54.95 and the professional plan will go up to $89.95. The price increases will also have an increased commitment period from 12 months to 24 months. This last part here will be across the board between all areas of the country. The changes are scheduled to go into effect January 8, 2008 for all new customers.

12/26/2007 - See additional information about agreement between Google and WildBlue here. More News on Google

12/17/2007 - Wildblue announces that it is partnering with Google to provide email and WildBlue.net Home page. In a continual effort to bring a better satellite Intenet service to rural America, WildBlue annouced today that they will convert all wildblue customer email accounts to Gmail service. It is clear from the announcement that they will keep the WildBlue.net account name. They did indicate that the storage per mail box will increase to 5.7 gigabyte of storage. A few other changes will be necessary in order to send and receive from within Outlook or Outlook Express. The announcement continued on about customer currently using WildBlue Web Space for picture albums and so forth, to make back up of those items as they will not be preserved when they move to Web Space provided by Google.
The proposed changes will take place in the first quarter of 2008.

12/07/2007 - WildBlue re-opens all beams in Texas. WildBlue announced today that its Anik2 beam 41 re-opened thus giving the entire state of Texas availability of High Speed Satellite Internet Service. This re-opening is for a limited time and WildBlue estimates that it will add an additional 1096 customers to that beam area.

12/02/2007- GTEC, Inc has started adopted a DBA under the name of Texas Dishworks. Texas Dishworks will provide Internet service through WildBlue, Dish Network and DirecTv as well as a new name- Big Sky Satellite. Big Sky will be Business class service that we will offer through the DBA. We are looking forward to 2008.

11/01/2007 - WildBlue has revamped its outdoor TRIA assemblies and it looks like the platform is getting better
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06/15/2006 - HughesNet and Widlblue to extend rebate and installation offers. Hughes will continue its mail in rebate offer until July 31,2006. Wildblue Communications will extend its FREE installation offer until August 31,2006.

03/27/2006 - Direcway goes by the wayside and is replaced by a new name. HughesNET. More information here

01/10/2006 - WildBlue Communications announced today that it has secured an additional 200,000 Dollars in its quest to bring broadband by satellite to rural users. The terms of the financing were undisclosed and it is anticipated that the additional financing will help WildBlue launch a new satellite in the 4th quarter of 2006. More information here

01/05/2006 - DiRECWAY reaches more users than any other satellite provider. Today, Hughes Network systems announced that their DiRECWAY product has surpassed the 275,000 subscriber mark. This represents a 24% increase in business in 2005. Details can be found here

12/11/2005 - WildBlue Subs Report High Satisfaction (from Skyretailer.com)
They like it, they really really like it - WildBlue that is, and the service that the satellite broadband company provides its subscribers. In a recent customer survey, WildBlue was given an A by the consumers who pay for its internet service.

According to the company, 94 percent of WildBlue's subscribers were either 'satisfied' or 'very satisfied' with their high speed internet via satellite service. As part of the 94 percent overall satisfaction rate, the company received excellent scores for installation quality, reliability, download and upload speeds and customer care.

WildBlue conducted this customer satisfaction review in mid-November with independent research firms Aspen Media and Market Research and Highline Research Group. Tom Burkhart, senior VP of Highline Research Group, said WildBlue received one of the highest satisfaction levels that the market research company has ever recorded.

In addition, WildBlue's customer survey showed that nine out of 10 respondents would recommend the company's broadband internet service to a friend or neighbor.

10/01/2005- GTEC, INC annouces it continued relationship with WildBlue Communications. See the press release for details.

9/09/2005 - The results of the first week of DW7000 installations are in and quite favorable. Installers are reporting that upload speeds are vastly improved over the "old" DW6000 system. Direcway consumer plan is showing uploads over 100 kbps and downloads over 900 kbps. Seem a little competition might be a good thing.

8/30/2005 - Direcway DW7000 is now available for installation. With this exciting new product comes enhancements to their offerings. Direcway will now be available in plans that offer speeds upto 2Mbps Download speeds and 300 Mbps uploads speeds. Checkout the latest information on the "new" Direcway 7000 series systems
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8/19/2005 - Intelsat Adds IPoS and DirecWay 7000 To List Of Standards And Platforms. Starting September 1st, Direcway will start marketing and installing a new version of their Direcway line of satellite terminals. Based on the IPoS protocol, the newer Direcway system promises to deliver faster speeds and more reliability to its already sucessful Direcway 6000 system. The new system will marketed under the name Direcway 7000 for consumers and Direcway 7700 for Enterprise customers. Press release available from Space Dailey

5/27/05 - Wildblue ends $100.00 beta test offer - Wildblue Communications ended its offer and replaced it with a new beta offer. Thru August 31,2005 customers can buy their Wildblue satellite Internet system for $478.99 and select their plan of service. If upon commercial release they decide to opt out of the program, they can.

5/26/05 Dish Network Satellite Tv to offer Top 60 programming with HBO and Showtime at
$19.99 per month -Effective 6/01/05 first time subscribers will be able to take advantage of this great offer. Watch this site for more details. Previous offer for the Top 180 programming expires on 5/31/05.

4/299/2005 - Direcway to extend $100.00 mail-in rebate - Direcway is going to extend the mail-in rebate for another 2 months. Terms, buy between 5/1/2005 and 6/30/2005 and have the system installed by 7/31/2005 to qualify.

4/29/05 - Dish Network Tv to release a new subscriber program at $19.99 per month - That is correct, $19.99 per month for America's Top 180 package. This promotion is effective May 5,2005 and is good for one month only. New subscribers get the package at the price for 3 months!!!

4/29/05 Wildblue Beta sales program to be offered 5/2/05 - Although it was previously announced, it looks like the beta sales program for Wildblue will start this next Monday. If you are interested in participating in this exciting offer call us at 1-877-616-9715. Details will be released on this site next week. The total end cost to the customer for this program is $99.99.

3/24/05 Wildblue going online with their beta sales/test program on 3/28/05 - Wildblue annouced that their Master Distributors will be able to offer a special promotion to customers in certain areas. Depending on the area that you live in, you may qualify for that promotion. Currently, the only way to know for sure is to call for more details. Toll Free 1-877-616-9715

3/3/05 Direcway continues to give more value.
In today's world, SPAM is the one reason people STOP using the internet...they become overwhelmed with junk and spam.

DirecWAY to Protect Satellite Network

Sandvine Technology

Utilized to Identify PC Viruses

Sandvine said that Hughes Network Systems (HNS) selected the Sandvine Attack Traffic Mitigation solution for operation on its U.S.-wide DirecWAY broadband satellite network.
Malware attacks, such as worm outbreaks and their associated denial-of-service (DoS) to customers, can consume significant bandwidth on a service provider's network in a matter of hours. And beyond the impact of "event-level" attacks by superworms like MyDoom and Netsky, research has shown that malicious traffic caused by remnants of old attacks account for between 4 and 12 percent of all the data moving across broadband networks on any given day.
The HNS DirecWAY service will deploy Sandvine's multi-layer Worm/DoS solution to build self-defending capability into its network.
In addition to mitigating malicious data traffic, Sandvine's technology will be used to identify infected subscribers and contact them via e-mail with recommendations on how best to disinfect their PCs.

1/15/05 Wildblue announced last week their distribution chain and we are pleased to announce that we will be able to offer and sell Wildblue Satellite Internet when it becomes available. Check back often for more details.
12/15/04 XM Radio yesterday announced that the activation fee at sign-up will be waved on new customers till 12/31/04
12/06/04 DiRECWAY offers $100 mail rebate offer on systems sold till 1/31/05 and installed by 2/28/05. See the following link for further details of this great offer. http://rebates.direcway.com/
11/30/04 STARBAND SATELLITE GOES DARK
As reported in the November 30, 2004 issue of SkyREPORT. "Intelsat said its Intelsat Americas 7 satellite experienced a sudden electrical distribution anomaly that caused the permanent loss of the
spacecraft during the weekend. The satellite loss impacted users with the StarBand service. Howard Lossing,
vice president of marketing for StarBand, said the satellite anomaly has impacted about 20,000 customers, and the company is working hard to restore service to those affected by the outage.
StarBand has capacity aboard another satellite, the AMC-4 spacecraft operated by SES Americom. "We are very thankful that we have more than one satellite," Lossing said. Also, StarBand is working to secure extra capacity, and is talking with Intelsat and other satellite companies about gaining that orbital space. "We feel that Intelsat should share our moral obligation to serve our customers," Lossing said. Once extra capacity is obtained, StarBand will rely on its team of certified installers to re-point customer dishes, Lossing said. The Intelsat Americas 7 satellite, which operated at 129 degrees, launched in September 1999 and covered the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Canada, Central America and parts of South America. The satellite was self-insured by Intelsat. Intelsat said it's working to restore service for the satellite's users, and most have found service aboard other satellites." Know any Starband subscribers in your market? What a great opportunity to help them understand the strength and value of the DIRECWAY program.


11/12/2004 Some Advertising material listed a discount with the term promotion code. This will be applied at the time of check out by putting the code in the field labeled coupon. We are sorry for the confusion on this aspect. It will be corrected on our next advertising material.

11/01/2004 Check out the special pricing on Sirius Satellite Radio. Save a total of $50.00 off your purchase between 11/01/04 and 12/31/2004 (click here)

10/26/2004 In response to the increased demand for Satellite products, you will find that more and more of what we offer is based on those type of products. We are excited by the changes occurring in the industry. Our focus remains on digital products that offer the best solution in both cost and overall performance.

Dish Network TV offers the lowest cost solution for up to 4 rooms of Satellite TV. There newest promotion, which is callled Digital Home advantage is the easiest way for first time subscribers to get TV service that is less per month than cable TV and other satellite TV providers. With this promotion a first time buyer can get a High Definition Receiver and/or a Digital Video Recorder (that will power 2 TV's) for the cost of none. That is you can get one or both on the same plan at no cost to the customer. There are no restrictions and the end cost to the consumer is minimal.

Satellite Internet by DirecWay USA is still the world's premier product in this arena. Without a doubt the lowest cost solution to a problem that exists for 32 million residents that live in a rural area. We continue to market and support those services offered by Hughes Networking Systems. With their marketing there are 2 ways to buy the product and their standard installation is the most inclusive in the market. What this means to you as a buyer is that you can get a broadband internet connection regardless of where you live. There are 2 distinct products with 4 different plans. There consumer version of DirecWay is 59.99 per month, while their high end business version of DirecWay is 129.99 per month.

SIRIUS Satellite Radio offered through Dish Network is the fastest growing satellite radio provider in the industry. With their products, receiving satellite radio is a snap! Almost anyone can self install the system. It is easy and affordable. Their station line-up and expanding services make Sirius an obivious choice for the consumer. AND it is affordable.