Granted, most of us here in India would turn our noses up at receiving in-home broadband via satellite -- after all, Cable and Broadband seem to be treating most of us quite alright. However, Japan is hoping to provide access to more regions in Asia-Pacific with its recently launched Kizuna. The experimental satellite is not yet intended for commercial use, but if all goes well, it will enable data transmissions of up to "1.2 gigabytes per second", at a low cost across Japan and 19 other locales in Southeast Asia. (Oh! Pleeeease let that also include India)
Unfortunately, we've no idea when it will escape the bondage of testing and actually be put to good use. Until such time we shall continue to communicate, the primitive way :_(
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