LAS VEGAS — Dish Network announced today that it will begin offering a bundle of satellite broadband and video services for $79 a month this quarter.
The high-speed Internet service will offer download speeds of up to 12 megabits per second and upload connections of up to 3 Mbps. Stand-alone Dish Broadband will cost about $50 a month. The company said the service will target about 8 to 10 million mostly rural households that have limited access to high-speed Internet.
Douglas County-based Dish, the nation’s second-largest satellite-TV provider, also unveiled a new DVR system that can store up to 2,000 hours of video.
The new Hopper HD DVR system’s features include:
“We’ve created the next-generation whole-home DVR system that’s superior to anything else there in the market,” said Vivek Khemka, Dish’s vice president of product management.
The company is rebranding its services as Dish, dropping the “Network” from the name. The parent company will still be called Dish Network.
Dish is among the more than 2,700 companies that are exhibiting at the annual International Consumer Electronics Show, which kicks off Tuesday and runs through Friday.
Dish Broadband will ride on a high-capacity satellite operated by Carlsbad, Calif.-based ViaSat, which offers satellite broadband under the WildBlue brand.
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