In this month’s edition of Global VSAT Forum’s CEO View section, Kacific’s Founder and CEO Christian Patouraux reminisces about a trip he took to a remote village many years ago that inspired the founding of Kacific Broadband Satellites.

“I traveled to a community so remote that it took a two-hour flight, followed by a three-hour drive, and a four-hour hike to finally arrive at a clinic that was so remote even the nurses did not want to live there. When faced with a medical emergency in this environment, the ability to contact a specialist doctor for advice or transport could mean the difference between life and death. ”

“In the years since, I have seen for myself the game-changing effects that affordable connectivity has on people, both economically and socially”

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