- published: 24 Jul 2012
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Tooway is a bi-directional satellite broadband Internet service available across Europe. The service was launched in 2007 via two Eutelsat geostationary satellites, Hot Bird 6 and Eurobird 3, respectively at the 13° and 33° East orbital positions.
Tooway service over these two satellites provided up to 3.6 Mbit/s downstream and up to 384 kbit/s upstream at a flat rate price and without the need for a terrestrial connection.
At the end of 2010, Eutelsat launched KA-SAT, the first European high-capacity multi-beam satellite to operate in Ka band. KA-SAT was positioned at 9° East, and delivers Internet access and broadcast services toward Europe and the Mediterranean Basin. Commercial service started on KA-SAT at the end of May 2011.
Tooway makes use of the Internet Protocol over satellite to provide consumers across Europe and the Mediterranean Basin with Internet access. Unlike services relying on terrestrial infrastructures (such as cable or ADSL), satellites provide service in wide coverage areas as broad as a continent.