Press Releases
| 2008 | 2009 | |
| Date | Headline |
| 11/20/2009 | PowerStream Partners with Skycasters for Streaming "Gettysburg Address" |
| Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - November 20, 2009 Read here the press release from PowerStream, of Troy, Michigan, announcing their technology partnership with Skycasters yesterday morning, prior to their streaming of the delivery of the Gettysburg Address at Dedication Day in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on the 146th anniversary of President Lincoln's address. 2009 is the 200th anniversary of President Lincoln's birth. | |
| 11/05/2009 | Skycasters In The News: on StimulatingBroadband |
| Cohasset, Massachusetts - November 5, 2009 Utah Broadband Stimulus: Gov. Herbert Recommends Navajo Nation ISP & 9 Other Applicants for Federal Broadband Funds. Okay, the title of the article says "Utopia," but NNISP Action Intelex is double billed with Skycasters starting on page two. | |
| 11/04/2009 | Skycasters In The News: on TMCnet |
| Norwalk, Connecticut - November 4, 2009 Skycasters' Landefeld Suggests Satellite Plan for Broadband Stimulus Movement. | |
| 11/03/2009 | Skycasters In The News: on SatNews Daily |
| Truckee, California - November 3, 2009 Stimulus By Satellite Plan For U.S. Suggested By Skycasters' Landefeld. | |
| 10/30/2009 | Skycasters’ ARRA Broadband Satellite Stimulus Plan |
| Akron, Ohio - October 30, 2009 “Fast, recyclable, sustainable,” said Gordon Landefeld, describing how Internet access via commercial satellite broadband can help lift the US economy out of recession. “An economic stimulus means you get help today to create growth tomorrow. You can’t wait five years for that stimulus effect. We need it now.” | |
| 10/09/2009 | Tripod Flyaway Helps Kentucky Treat Citizens Fast |
| Akron, Ohio - October 9, 2009 The Kentucky Department for Public Health’s Preparedness Branch can now transmit public health information anywhere a truck or helicopter can reach -- with a satellite dish. But not just any satellite dish. This Skycasters 1.2 meter auto-pointing dish finds the satellite on its own. One person can take the four boxes out of a vehicle, assemble the dish and electronics, turn it on, and connect to the Internet. | |
| 10/09/2009 | Skycasters 24/7 Tech Support Changed Customer Service Climate |
| Akron, Ohio - October 9, 2009 The Nobel laureate staff in Oslo did not call Skycasters this morning with the news that it had won the Nobel Customer Service Prize. Technical Support Shift Supervisor Sam Corbin was not dismayed. “Awards and prizes are nice, but the only recognition that matters is the satisfaction of our customers. If a customer calls our Technical Support department, and we handle their issue courteously, accurately and as quickly as possible, and the customer is satisfied, then that is all the recognition our team needs.” | |
| 09/18/2009 | Fiat Lux ... But Not That Much! |
| Akron, Ohio - September 18, 2009 The autumnal equinox commences the Northern hemisphere's Fall Sun fade season, that period of time when for several minutes of one or more days, the sun’s brilliance outshines communications satellites. | |
| 08/21/2009 | Rest Easy: Daily Flat Rate Plan for Disaster Responders |
| Akron, Ohio - August 21, 2009 “All year long, our emergency satellite dish sits on its skid in our parking garage tornado room. Except for bimonthly tests and community drills, it’s idle.” "We hear that a lot" said Matt Glaize, a sales engineer with Skycasters. “Disaster Response customers know their Skycasters service will be there when needed..." |
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| 07/17/2009 | SuperVPN Gives Skycasters' Customers a Hybrid Solution |
| Akron, Ohio - July 17, 2009 Virtual private networks, or VPNs, afford companies who use the Internet for data transfer security approaching that of a leased line, without a leased line’s expense. Skycasters has long provided its broadband satellite Internet clients various VPN solutions, including the maximum security end-to-end VPN, for their satellite communications. | |
| 07/02/2009 | Skycasters Talks ARRA with Ohio Governor Strickland |
| Akron, Ohio - July 2, 2009 Yesterday, the day the first USDA and NTIA “Notice of Funds Availability” for ARRA broadband initiatives was released, Skycasters’ President, Mike Kister, met with Ohio’s Governor, Ted Strickland. The two discussed the role that Skycasters will play in bringing broadband access to un-served and underserved areas. | |
| 06/26/2009 | Satellite Managed Network Services Blast Off |
| Akron, Ohio - June 26, 2009 The 2009 “State of the Satellite Industry Report” prepared by Fultron Corp for the Satellite Industry Association reports that worldwide managed network services, including VSAT broadband satellite Internet, which is Skycasters’ arena, doubled in revenue in the past five years. Skycasters is seeing whole new sectors open up. | |
| 06/18/2009 | Workhorse Wildland Fights Fires with Skycasters |
| Columbia Falls, Montana – June 18, 2009 Fire season has started. Droughts and a weakening La Niña are making the northern Rockies one big tinder box. But fire incident management teams in Montana have a leg up on communications thanks to Workhorse Wildland Fire Services LLC, and their Skycasters 1.2 meter broadband satellite Internet antenna. | |
| 06/18/2009 | Pop-Up Hurricanes Come At You Fast – Are You Ready? |
| Somewhere Not Far Off the US Coast - June 18, 2009 The National Hurricane Center is predicting fewer “named” storms this hurricane season. That’s the good news. The bad news is a different type of meteorological threat is on the horizon – pop-up hurricanes. | |
| 06/09/2009 | WatchModsLive.Com To Offer USMTS Events Live Online In Real Time |
| Fort Worth, Texas - June 9, 2009 WatchModsLive.com will begin providing live feeds of United States Modified Touring Series events beginning June 9 as the stars and cars of the USMTS Southern Series hit the trail for the 3rd Annual Southern Speedweek. | |
| 06/04/2009 | Mainland High School Takes Top Honors in International Science and Technology Fair |
| Daytona Beach, FL - June 4, 2009 Mainland High School took top honors with “Suitable for a Disaster,” which described wearable sensors linked with disaster response communications infrastructure, in the U.S. Department of Commerce's 12th Annual Internet Science and Technology Fair (ISTF), a program administered by the College of Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Central Florida in partnership with the United States Department of Commerce. | |
| 05/29/2009 | SpeedcastTV Takes Skycasters to the Races |
| New Castle, Indiana – May 29, 2009 Karting fans the world over will be viewing the SpeedcastTV (www.SpeedcastTV.com) streaming race video from the inaugural Championship Karting International Grand Prix at New Castle Motorsports Park, near Indianapolis, this weekend, May 29 – 31, 2009. And Skycasters will be there. | |
| 05/18/2009 | Skycasters Receives 2009 Crain's Leading EDGE Award |
| Akron, Ohio – May 18, 2009 Skycasters, America’s leader in broadband satellite Internet solutions for customers who need guaranteed bandwidth and reliable internet access, and recipient of the 2008 Crain's Leading EDGE Award, is pleased accept the 2009 Crain's Leading EDGE Award. | |
| 05/18/2009 | Skycasters Welcomes Robert Miller, Network Security Engineer |
| Akron, Ohio – May 18, 2009 Skycasters is pleased to welcome Robert Miller as a Network Security Engineer. Robert and will be assisting the Network Operations Center IT department. Robert starts May 18, 2009. | |
| 05/04/2009 | Thomas Reed, Network Administrator, Joins Skycasters |
| Akron, Ohio – May 4, 2009 Skycasters is pleased to welcome Thomas Reed to its headquarters IT staff. Tom has accepted the position of Network Administrator, and will be assisting the Network Operations Center IT department of Satventures Management. Tom starts May 4, 2009. | |
| 04/30/2009 | ARRA Recovery Sites Prep America for Grant Proposal Requests |
| Akron, Ohio – April 30, 2009 Like daffodils replacing snow on the hillsides, literally hundreds of “Recovery” web sites have sprung up in the last four months, each with a different angle on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. | |
| 04/17/2009 | Throughput Hawks of Broadband Satellite Internet |
| Akron, Ohio – April 17, 2009 Malware, ever smarter and more virulent, haunts the Internet, and broadband satellite Internet customers are not immune. On satellite connections, after moisture infiltration, corrosion, or antennas blown off alignment, malware is the leading cause of poor connection or throughput theft. Skycasters, the Akron, Ohio, leader of broadband satellite Internet and business connectivity, monitors customers’ throughput like a hawk, helping customers determine excessive throughput causes and solutions. | |
| 04/09/2009 | How to Boost Our Nation’s Global Competitiveness |
| Bowling Green, Ohio – April 9, 2009 Skycasters and Bowling Green State University’s Department of Marketing believe giving university students a chance to practice their classroom skills in the real world gives our nation a fighting chance in the global economy. | |
| 04/02/2009 | Rough Riders Communications Partners with Skycasters |
| Akron, Ohio – April 2, 2009 In the oil and gas fields of western Oklahoma, Rough Riders LLC is known as a high tech oilfield service provider. In addition to permanent and movable site housing, fresh and grey water handling, and septic systems and service, Rough Riders excels in site data and voice communications. Their military-trained networking and satellite communications staff spreads WLAN, satellite Internet and VoIP communications throughout the oil patch. | |
| 03/27/2009 | Skycasters Interviews Mike Kister at Satellite 2009 |
| Washington, D.C. – March 27, 2009 Our President Mike Kister attended the Satellite 2009 show in Washington, D.C., this week, and Skycasters was inspired by a recent interview of another satellite firm executive. | |
| 03/18/2009 | Skycasters Chooses Access Techniques for Biometric Security |
| Akron, Ohio – March 18, 2009 “Just put your finger on it,” quips Skycasters’ President, Mike Kister, as he demonstrates the new biometric security system guarding the broadband satellite Internet firm based in Akron, Ohio. | |
| 03/11/2009 | Skycasters Politely Demands Cooperative Data in Washington, D.C. |
| Washington, D.C. – March 11, 2009 “Hi, my name is Mike Kister, President of Skycasters, a broadband satellite Internet provider from Akron, Ohio, and we’re ready to implement ISP backhaul, connect education to the Internet through the E-Rate program, and help secure healthcare communications reach the most underserved communities.” | |
| 03/10/2009 | Satellite Today Recognizes Skycasters' Role in ARRA Broadband Rollout |
| Akron, OH – March 10, 2009 "... Skycaster[s'] President Michael Kister is pushing his company’s solution to government customers. 'There are funds available [in the bill] to build Wi-Fi networks to connect small communities that were previously ‘off the grid’ as far as the Internet is concerned,' he said. ..." | |
| 03/02/2009 | Blinded by the Light: Satellite Sun Outages |
| Akron, OH – March 2, 2009 For a few minutes each day for several days in the Spring and Fall, satellite connectivity is interrupted by a phenomenon known as Sun fade. | |
| 02/20/2009 | Skycasters Delivers Broadband Satellite Internet Access to Rural America |
| Akron, OH – February 20, 2009 Skycasters, America’s leader in broadband satellite Internet solutions for businesses that need more than traditional terrestrial landlines, answers President Obama’s challenge to help build a stronger America. | |
| 11/20/2008 | Skycasters Unveils Web Site Total Makeover |
| Akron, OH – November 20, 2008 Things have been a-changing here at Skycasters, America’s leader in broadband satellite Internet solutions. While offering the same great service of guaranteed bandwidth, tailored to its customers’ needs, Skycasters’ latest branding initiative includes a web site with a whole new look. | |
| 10/06/2008 | Skycasters Offers 24/7 Tier II In-House Support |
| Akron, OH – October 6, 2008 Today, Skycasters, America’s leader in broadband satellite Internet solutions, upgraded its Tier I after hours answering service to true 24/7 Tier II in-house technical support. |