1. At one point there was some trouble with the audio in the TV satellite connection, and Bill Gates had to keep talking until the sound kicked in. 2. By using ham radios and satellite connections, no place is considered too remote or underdeveloped for an Internet connection. 3. Evidence also is being collected from sophisticated U.S. spy satellites, aerial reconnaissance and sporadic contacts via mobile and satellite telephone connections to residents still in Kosovo. 4. Satellite hookups fell to third, with reviewers pointing out that satellite connections still require the use of a telephone line and standard modem. 5. Slobodan Sreckovic, general manager of Informatika, had just recently expanded his Internet services, organizing a direct satellite uplink connection with the United States. 6. Take a plane to Siberia and the same phone will work using a satellite connection. 7. The newest idea, he said, is an updated satellite connection to the Internet called DirecPC. 8. To send mouse clicks and typed commands to the Internet, you have to have an open telephone line in addition to the satellite connection. 9. Using limited satellite connections, businessmen now confined to local markets are beginning to make deals all over the continent, and beyond. 10. Up-to-the-minute news was difficult to get, and the most reliable dispatches, he said, came from overseas, streaming via satellite connection into his PC. |
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