Satellite Internet in Argentina: what they are like and how much they cost the new plans that Orbith launched for homes

The company Orbitwhich is the largest provider of satellite internet of Argentine capital, announced the launch of its Standard planwhich provides unlimited connectivity for residential customers.

“We are presenting our new Standard Plan in Argentina, through which our residential clients will be able to browse unlimitedly without gigabyte quota and at the most convenient value on the market. “It is a turnkey service – without additional costs – and includes the installation of the equipment,” said Agustín Lebrero, commercial director of Orbith.

And he explained: “When we launched our Satellite Internet service in 2018, customers had a strict quota of monthly megabytes (and a service speed of 20 Mbps), the moment they exceeded it, the service was cut off until the start of the next month. In 2020 we launched a hybrid service, which, although maintaining the strict quota, customers had a set of applications that they could use freely. With the new Standard Plan, all our residential customers will have access to. unlimited high speed serviceso they will be able to browse freely and use all the applications they want without thinking about how many gigs they have left.

“Orbith is a Argentine company which was born with the objective of satisfying the latent demand for services of connectivity in rural areas, providing a quality service similar to that offered in the cities and reaching where others do not reach. Every day we pursue a dream: bridging the digital divide, connecting the disconnected. That is our mission as a 100% Argentine satellite internet company, and it motivates us to continue evolving with better technologies and betting on our country and its people. That is why the new plan, in addition to being unlimited, will now have a lower monthly cost,” said Pablo Mosiul, CEO of Orbith.

Features of Standard, Orbith’s unlimited internet plan

Orbith detailed the characteristics of its new plan standardwhich are listed below:

• No limits: Unlimited internet for remote areas. Users will be able to navigate at high speed from the field, the mountain or wherever they are. The Standard Plan has no data quota and allows you to use your favorite applications without thinking about gigabytes.
• Home installation: Users do not have to do anything or buy anything additional. Orbith travels throughout Argentina to install the satellite kit throughout the national territory and connect all your devices.
• Local technical attention and support: The company’s specialist advisors will answer all user queries, who also have at-home technical support if needed.

The new plan has a monthly price that starts at $42,000 pesos per month, and has an installation and activation cost of $250,000 pesos.

Internet Backup, another new ORBITH service

“We are also with great expectations when announcing the launch of our new service Internet Backupavailable in the province of Buenos Aires, south of Santa Fe and Entre Ríos, which allows SMEs in urban areas to ensure the continuity of their business, at a low monthly cost, when their main connection of terrestrial technology providers fails due to cuts, natural disasters or local infrastructure problems,” said Agustín Lebrero.

“Unfortunately, in terrestrial internet access services there are often outages that can last a few minutes but also days when it is a more important infrastructure problem. Added to this are the effects of climate change, which cause strong “temporary events like the one that occurred on December 17, with terrible consequences in the south of the province of Buenos Aires, CABA and the suburbs, which left public organizations – in addition to companies and residential users – in the affected areas without connection,” he said. Diego Magallanes, Commercial and SME Manager at Orbith.

And he explained: “With our Internet Backup service, which is always available, before cuts or failures in the services of traditional cable Internet providers, SME companies will be able to have access to 24×7 broadband and continue to run essential programs and applications quickly, as well as keep your employees online, thus avoiding negative financial impact to your business. Even in weather disasters, simply by providing power to the modem – whether with grid power or through a battery, a solar panel or a generator – they will be able to count on connectivity until ground service recovers.”

Those interested in purchasing the service may pay an initial installation fee of $390,000 pesos (+taxes) and then a maintenance fee of $8,700 pesos (+taxes) throughout the service contract.

“We are the leading high-speed satellite internet company (up to 200 Mbps) in the Argentine market in terms of subscribers, customer satisfaction and coverage, and the first multiorbit operator, since we can combine the strengths of the GEO geostationary orbit and the LEO low orbit. We offer the latest technology with local support and at the lowest cost on the market. We will continue working to continue being the most chosen Satellite Internet service in the country,” concluded Pablo Mosiul, CEO of Orbith.