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Viasat Completes Brazilian Residential Internet Service Roll-Out--Now Covers 100% of the Country; Offers New Premium Satellite Internet Service Plan with Highest Speed and Data
Viasat is the First Satellite Internet Service Provider to Cover the Entire Country of Brazil with High-Quality Internet; Launches the Viasat 30Mega Plan with
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[{"type":"text","content":"Viasat is the First Satellite Internet Service Provider to Cover the Entire Country of Brazil with High-Quality Internet; Launches the Viasat 30Mega Plan with 30Mbps Speeds and 160GB Monthly Data Allowance\n\n\nSAO PAULO, Oct. 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), a global communications company, announced today it has completed the roll-out of its reliable, high-quality residential internet service to 100% of the states in Brazil. With this achievement, the Company is now the only satellite internet service provider (ISP) capable of making high-speed internet available across the country.\nInitially launched in July 2020, Viasat's residential service covered seven states and the Federal District. In September 2020, the Company expanded internet service to 14 more states, reaching 93% of Brazil's population, and today, it now offers internet service nationwide — adding the final five states to its service plans – Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Piauí, Tocantins and Roraima. Viasat's residential internet service for Brazil uses bandwidth from the Telebras SGDC-1 satellite to deliver satellite internet services.\nInternet service tailored for the Brazilian needsBrazilian residents from all over the country will now benefit from a newer satellite internet service plan – the Viasat 30Mega. With speeds up to 30 Megabits per second (Mbps) and a larger data package offering up to 160 Gigabytes (GB) of data per month, Viasat offers the best that satellite technology can provide in the Brazilian market — enabling customers to enjoy faster access to daily online activities such as social media, video streaming content, video call services, work-from-home, and online education.\nCompetitively priced and simplified to fit Brazilian internet users' needs, Viasat's 30Mega premium plan is offered alongside Viasat's basic plan (Viasat 10Mega) and an advanced plan (Viasat 20Mega), with download speeds of up to 10 Mbps and 20 Mbps, respectively. All three plans have in-home Wi-Fi and offer attractive features, such as unlimited chat and browsing and a free zone from 2:00 AM to 7:00 AM local time.\n\"The completion of Viasat's residential service rollout, combined with the new premium Viasat 30Mega plan, results in more Brazilians families and small businesses having access to reliable, high-speed satellite-based internet service, eve...