About WildBlue Internet Service Provider
WildBlue was founded as KaStar Satellite Communications in Colorado in April 1995. In May 1997 the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) assigned WildBlue fixed-satellite service (FSS) license for 2 orbital locations. WildBlue launched its high speed Internet service in June 2005 after gaining access to the United States capacity of Telesat Canada's Anik F2 telecommunications satellite which launched in July 2004. WildBlue's second internet satellite, WildBlue-1, was contracted to be built by space Systems/Loral and is planned for launch in late 2006 or 2007. WildBlue - 2 is in the process of being built by Hughes Communications and WildBlue-3 is in the process of being procured.
Initial service was offered in areas administered by the National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative which services many rural areas of the United States. Service areas will be expanded and are scheduled to be rolled out to selected regions of the United States beginning in 2006. WildBlue installed its first high speed broadband internet customer in June of 2005 and set a goal to have 25,000 wireless internet service customers by the end of 2005.
