Buffets Selects Gilat's Spacenet For Broadband Service To 350 Restaurants Nationwide

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Petah Tikva, Israel (SPX) Sep 08, 2004
Gilat Satellite Networks Tuesday announced that its US subsidiary, Spacenet, has been selected by Buffets to provide a Connexstar broadband satellite network to 350 restaurants nationwide.

Buffets and its affiliated companies operate restaurants in 35 states under the names Old Country Buffet, HomeTown Buffet, Granny's Buffet, Country Roadhouse Buffet and Grill, and Tahoe Joe's Famous Steakhouse.

Buffets will use its new Connexstar broadband VSAT network to manage retail networking applications that include rapid credit authorization, point-of-sale polling, high-speed Internet access, help desk and a corporate intranet connection between its headquarters in Eagan, Minnesota and its restaurants.

Spacenet President and CEO Bill Gerety said, "As a company with business roots extending back more than 20 years, Buffets has an eye for quality and has demonstrated steady growth throughout a variety of business climates."

"They now recognize how cost-effective, persistent broadband connectivity can help them better serve their customers while simultaneously capturing vital information from the field. They join a rapidly expanding list of enterprises that rely on Spacenet's broadband VSAT service to economically support their most critical applications."

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BTBS And SES Astra Team Up To Provide Cost-Effective Uplink Solution

London, UK (SPX) Sep 07, 2004
BT Broadcast Services (BTBS), the broadcast and media solutions arm of BT, and SES Astra, an SES Global company, Monday announced a long-term cooperation contract to promote Astra at 19.2 degrees East to independent satellite broadcasters.

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