Several new companies are poised to bring satellite-powered telecommunications to consumers and businesses. Among them are Teledesic, Hughes Network Systems, Voice Span, CyberStar, Odyssey, and M-Star. The Satellite Broadcasting & Communications Association Web site, which is located at www.sbca.com/consumer.html features information for consumers on direct-to-home satellite, including its history, a timeline, and a glossary of terms. You can also find information here on how to locate a satellite specialist in your area. Telesat DirecPC (Canada) has a good explanation of how DirecPC works and how fast it is, as well as success stories about DirecPC. The main Web site for DirecPC is at www.direcpc.com, then link to DirecPC at Home. The article, "How Satellites from Outer Space Will Save the Web," at www5.zdnet.com/anchordesk/story/story_914.html, is from ZDNet's Anchordesk and provides an overview of the anticipated effect of satellite telecommunications on the Web as well as links to several articles about the satellite telecommunications industry. Tune into "Satellite Communications in the 21st Century," a speech by Steven D. Dorfman, through Dbs-Online's satellite industry news at www.hughes.com/speeches/century21.html. This speech provides a perspective on where the satellite industry was in 1995 and where it hopes to be in the twenty-first century.