20110422
Earth Day Haiku
autopointing dish -
satellite Internet saves
first responders’ lives
tripod flyaway -
satellite Internet saves
Earth Day Twitter posts
Mike Kister
20110421
Flying High with Skycasters
Paula Bernier, Executive Editor, IP Communications Magazines, publisher of online magazines TMCnet and Internet Telephony, interviewed Skycasters President, Mike Kister for Internet Telephony’s March 2011 issue.
Read the interview on Skycasters’ newsfeed.
Mike Kister
20110401
Winners Select the Kindle
Skycasters satellite Internet Facebook and Twitter sweepstakes winners, Wendi Bishop and Lori Salinas have selected the Amazon Kindle as their respective prizes.
Were Wendi and Lori proud owners of a Skycasters Mobile Satellite Trailer, they’d be able to download their books on the 1000-foot radius WiFi hotspot every MST owner enjoys.
Indeed, Skycasters offers fixed and mobile broadband satellite Internet solutions for individuals and businesses who need help from above for primary connectivity disaster response, remote business, communities or telemedicine, or redundant Internet business continuity connections.
Mike Kister
20110331
Apple TV & Amazon Kindle Winners
To celebrate Skycasters’ participation at Satellite 2011 in Washington, DC, we offered an Amazon Kindle to anyone at the show (or anywhere else) following us on Twitter, or an Apple TV to Facebook friends liking us.
Today we randomly drew two lucky winners:
- Wendi Bishop of Richmond, Texas, who Liked Skycasters on Facebook
- Lori Salinas of Naperville, Illinois, who followed Skycasters on Twitter
Both winners may select either an Apple TV or an Amazon Kindle.
Congratulations Wendi and Lori!
Mike Kister
20110321
Prayers for Japan
Our hearts and prayers go to the people of Japan who lost relatives, friends and neighbors to the March 11, 2011, Tōhoku earthquake, and the resulting tsunami. The wall of water that murderously tore peoples’ lives apart, left ongoing devastation in its wake with infrastructure emergencies including crippled nuclear power plants and whole villages laid waste.
And the communications infrastructure. In January 2010, the Haiti earthquake prompted us to coordinate unique help from above in the form of satellite communications for customers’ disaster response in Haiti. While we don’t currently provide satellite Internet service in Japan, we’re confident service providers in that area are similarly assisting efforts to restore communications.
At Satellite 2011, in Washington, DC, just days after the Japanese catastrophe, communications experts from around the world were asking about our mobile satellite internet trailer, apparently intent upon helping governments, companies and communities prepare for communications disruptions similar to the earthquake and tsunami aftermath.
We’ll do everything in our power to get satellite Internet equipment and service to the areas of the world that most need to address current and prevent future catastrophes.
Mike Kister
20110318
Red, White and Blue
I had the opportunity to tour the heart of Washington DC on foot after the show. I observed the green fountains at the White House, heard the pipers regaling the President’s St. Patrick’s Day guests, and continued my walk through the Vietnam War Memorial, the Korean War Memorial, and the monuments to Lincoln and Jefferson. Which of course required walking in a big circle around the Washington Memorial.
Did I mention that Skycasters is proud to be American? We are.
Mike Kister
20110318
I’m with the Government …
A federal employee approached our booth. He was from a branch of the government whose offices are in the heart of DC (where admittedly quite a few federal offices are found). He expressed interest in our product. And very soon he’ll have competitive access to it.
Currently federal, state and local governmental organizations buy Skycasters products and services at normal retail prices. However, when Skycasters‘ GSA contract, which is under final negotiations with the federal government, is approved, governments will have the same equipment and services they’ve come to trust, at GSA rates.
Very soon we’ll be able to competitively offer our mobile equipment including the MST, the Nomad, and our fixed systems and service plans — including primary connectivity, disaster response, and continuity of operations to every level of government.
Mike Kister
20110317
I Want this iNetVu on my SUV
Great. We sell the C-Com iNetVu 1200 for all sorts of mobile applications. Flyaway, customer vehicle mount, and our MST.
Visit our site to learn about the myriad variations we offer, including other C-Com products.
Mike Kister
20110317
My BUC — Your Trailer?
Absolutely. We just sent an MST pdf to a prospect in the Middle East — on condition that we place his partner’s transmitter on the unit.
C-Com already has installed this BUC on the 1.2 meter iNetVu, with which we equip our standard trailer, so we just have to integrate the BUC with our NOC hub systems.
We’ll work with your needs.
Mike Kister
20110317
How Quickly Can I Get that MST?
Here’s a common question I love. Partly because it implies an interest to engage with Skycasters now — linking their application (SCADA, VoIP, RoIP, video surveillance etc) using broadband satellite Internet.
But also because it’s a leading question. Crush is on. Your signed order today beats the other firm’s signed order tomorrow. These aren’t burgers. We’ll wind up our production just as fast as you’ll find anywhere in the world. We’ll order the trailer the moment we order the auto-pointing dish, and the whole unit should be shipped from our facility within five weeks.
Delivery to your door depends on shipping. Overseas will depend mode — surface or air; and customs. Your ability to partner through expediting the processes beyond our control makes your acquisition of our Mobile Satellite Trailer that much faster.
Mike Kister