Fresno, CA, the 5 fifth largest city in California, has suffered from low Internet connection speeds significantly lower than in other large cities for years. But all of that is set to change thanks to Dish Network’s vision of rolling out lightning-fast satellite broadband across the city and offering real competition to the two or three major service providers that currently dominate the market in most regions.
Dish’s new 5G network can offer customers lightning-fast internet connection.
For the community of Fresno, Dish Wireless plans to activate its new 5G network in June of 2023 where the internet will not come from cables installed on the ground but from satellites in space. The main strength of satellite is that it can offer broadband service of very good quality to any area even if it is very hard to reach area. Dish’s legacy satellite internet offering had issues with latency and speed but Dish has promised that its new network would deliver internet speed comparable to cable internet with downloads of 100 Mbps and uploads of 10-25 Mbps with equal or even better latency than fiber and cable internet providers.
To a city like Fresno, which has many neighborhoods experiencing slow DSL connections, those speeds would be a huge boost. Dish’s service is also affordable, with the basic plan cost of $50 per month for 50 Mbps speed. It is for this very reason that other providers – facing real competition in the form of Dish in broadband – may have no option but to improve their infrastructures and reduce their charges. That’s a good thing for Fresno consumers.
Why Fresno Requires Enhanced Connectivity
So, the effects of Dish coming into Fresno extend beyond the provision of faster streaming speeds for Netflix or clearer video conferencing through Zoom. Research indicates that the availability of fast, reliable broadband increases the value of properties, enhances stratification, generates employment, and enables inhabitants to engage in life in modern society.
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of Americans were left without adequate access to broadband for work, school, and telehealth services. It is calculated that 18% of the population of Fresno does not even have any broadband connection at all, while many of them are using only slow DSL connections that are inadequate for today’s web usage.
Dish’s statewide objective is to reach one million homes and businesses in rural areas of California. For a city like Fresno, with an underserved population of roughly 100,000 households, that’s the promise of near-universal fiber-like speeds by mid-2024 if Dish achieves its projected densities. For a technology that has the potential to improve the quality of life and drive economic growth, that access cannot come soon enough.
When the Infrastructure is Lacking
Fresno’s broadband issues are thus a combination of geographic and economic factors. As an inland city with mostly agricultural land surrounding the city, it is expensive to deploy fiber or cable as many more customers cannot be covered in a square mile compared to highly populated coastal metropolitan areas.
Due to this, many neighborhoods equally have a poverty level above 25% and poor digital literacy coupled with their ability to pay for connections and therefore are unattractive for network investment. In short, free markets have not delivered for Fresno when it comes to contemporary broadband networks.
This is where satellite internet becomes incapable of piercing through geographic constraints and can provide connection to any home irrespective of the economics of the neighborhood. The higher speed at a cheaper cost could well be the game changer for Fresno and offer the connectivity buffer to drive the next wave of change across agriculture, education, and more.
When Did You Plan to Launch Dish in Fresno?
Dish has launched quite a promising strategy to penetrate more than 70% of the U. S. population with its high-speed satellite broadband offering by June 2023. Despite this, the company has not divulged much about its launch but early press releases indicated that the company intended to initially launch in the western, Midwest, and South Eastern regions of the country rather than in California or the West Coast.
Though there are signs that Dish might be ramping up deployment in 2023, it would be possible for parts of California such as Fresno to get the services by the close of this year instead of 2024. As soon as Dish turns on the switch above Fresno on its space network and starts deploying user terminals the broadband will never be the same again.
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Fast, affordable, and efficient internet connectivity is a necessity that has become an essential requirement for societies to thrive. With the help of revolutionary satellite broadband technology, Dish Network has the chance to bring down broadband incumbency and offer people what they need – fast internet connection for households and businesses.
Many Fresno residents for years have been Stuck with slow DSL service and limited options from which to choose, the launch of Dish’s 5G satellite broadband is set to unlock blazing speeds at reasonable rates. That’s an economic and quality of life improvement that cannot come faster than it already is. A new satellite broadband revolution means that Fresno’s future tends to be brighter.
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