Satellite data customers growing at a good clip

TORONTO – Telesat’s Anik F2 satellite closed 2005 serving approximately 35,000 data customers, company vice-president Paul Bush told delegates at the Canadian Satellite Users Association conference being held in Toronto. In fact, demand was initially so high that it and its U.S. partner Wild Blue, had trouble meeting demand for the consumer equipment. “We had more demand than we had hardware,” he said in his opening remarks.Ka is a “spot beam” technology that allows for two-way data transfer and is a key way for those outside urban areas to get far higher data transmission speeds than is available via dial-up....