Eutelsat Communications and its partners Numeo and Sat2Way, have confirmed the immediate launch in France of broadband access at no more than E35 a month, equipment included. This new initiative is consistent with Action No. 1 of the “Digital France 2012” Plan announced by the French government in October 2008, which aims to guarantee broadband available to all homes in France by 1st January 2010.

The satellite broadband solution proposed by Eutelsat and its partners is based on the Tooway service which delivers downlink speeds to user PCs of 2 Mbps and on the transmit side of 384 kbps…

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