According to a recent report from the FCC, Nearly fifteen million people in rural America don’t have access to high-speed internet. For these people, the ease of access that most of us enjoy—access to things like online shopping, news, weather, and life-enhancing services like distance learning and virtual doctor visits—is all but unavailable. Viasat, a provider of satellite-based, high-speed broadband services, uses its innovative technology to connect rural communities that the big telecommunications companies have forgotten.