{"id":84693,"date":"2011-06-16T20:43:57","date_gmt":"2011-06-16T12:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/wildblue-launches-stimulus-funded-rural-broadband-service\/"},"modified":"2011-06-16T20:43:57","modified_gmt":"2011-06-16T12:43:57","slug":"wildblue-launches-stimulus-funded-rural-broadband-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/wildblue-launches-stimulus-funded-rural-broadband-service\/","title":{"rendered":"WildBlue Launches Stimulus-Funded Rural Broadband Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[06-16-11] <b>ViaSat\u2019s<\/b> high-speed satellite Internet service subsidiary <b>WildBlue<\/b> has launched a broadband service targeted to unserved rural households in the West and Midwest, the company announced June 15.<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; As of June 3, eligible customers that are unserved by other broadband alternatives can connect to WildBlue with 1 Mbps download speeds for $39.95 per month \u2013 a price that is lifetime guaranteed for the customer, WildBlue said.<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The service launch is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, more commonly known as President Barack Obama\u2019s Stimulus Package of 2009. The Recovery Act funds, administered through the U.S. Department of Agriculture\u2019s Rural Utilities Service (RUS), used local WildBlue dealers, installers, and U.S.-based customer care.<br \/>\n\u201cWe believe the RUS program showcases one of the quickest and most cost effective ways to spur broadband adoption in rural areas. This is a great opportunity to connect our rural and unserved citizens with the WildBlue service,\u201d WildBlue President Tom Moore said in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[06-16-11] ViaSat\u2019s high-speed satellite Internet service subsidiary WildBlue has launched a broadband service targeted to unserved rural households in the West and Midwest, the company announced June 15. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; As of June 3, eligible customers that are unserved by other broadband alternatives can connect to WildBlue with 1 Mbps download speeds for $39.95 per month [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84693"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84693\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}