Then move to Japan. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries launched a satellite that will provide internet speeds that greatly surpass the current standard. The WINDS (wideband internetworking engineering test and demonstration Satellite-quite an acronym) satellite will allow homes with small satellite dishes to receive their internet via WINDS at greatly improved speeds that could bump up internet speeds to 1.2GB per second for businesses.

JAXA foresees the satellite and the internet it provides as being a window of opportunity for people too far away from the city for a conventional life. The two most targeted are distance education learners and distance medical care. The high speed internet would allow for easy transmission and reception of images and videos from doctors, patients, teachers, and students alike. The initial scope of the project encompasses Japan and the region immediately surrounding it, with expansion a possibility of the future.