Internet Access for Media and Entertainment Companies and Individuals

Access to the global Internet is critical for newsgathering organizations.  To a reporter, video journalist or photo journalist getting connected means being able to perform  research, coordinate travel plans, contact sources in the field when it counts. And when the story, video or photos are ready access means getting the information back to the publisher or even publishing the Information directly quickly.

From and entertainment business perspective, Tempest Telecom has been providing small, medium and large Television and Movie productions with on location access for years. If you are on location in New York or New Delhi we can provide, Dialup, WiFi or Wireless Data capabilities. If you are on location in the Jungles of New Guinea, we can provide access via satellite there.

Whether these services are used as a primary means of connecting your workforce while they travel or as a secondary means of connect users augmenting corporate networks or used as a back up; Tempest Telecom’s Usage Only pricing means that you users are only charged for actual usage.

No matter if your organization is 2 people or 20,000 Tempest Telecom’s Internet roaming services will enable your users to gain access quickly and easily.

Tempest Telecom’s Internet Roaming services are provided through a unified dialer platform that is easy to use. Downloading and installing the dialer onto a laptop (Windows or Mac OSX) will enable the user to connect quickly and easily.

WiFi, or Wireless Fidelity, is freedom: it allows you to connect wirelessly to the Internet at broadband speeds when you travel. WiFi is automatically included in every Roaming account. However for power users who require high-speed access all the time, we do offer Unlimited monthly plans that are available for corporate customers

Tempest Telecom provides all users with the ability to manage their accounts online. Corporate customers have added features that also allow account managers to add, remove and adjust accounts via the web. Changes made via the Account Manager happen instantly, this means you can provision users with service when you need it. The account manager also allows you to see which of your users are online in real-time.

From an IT manager’s perspective, our Roaming requires little end-user training. Using the Multiple User Manager allows the IT manager to manage add and remove users quickly and efficiently. You control username and passwords.

Accounts can be set up and managed in groups that you set up and manage. This allows you to establish accounts by department, billing group, or project. At the end of each month you will receive usage reports showing usage by each group allowing you to expense the accounts to the right department.

Utilizing Tempest Telecom's satellite connectivity options gives you a high-speed option for creating and broadcasting broadcast quality video, either live or via store and forward. This allows an individual reporter to create their own video productions and transmit live, without the need for a sophisticated satellite uplink center.

You can also participate in video conferences nearly anywhere on the planet using Tempest Telecom's satellite services, with tools such as free video editing software, Free MPEG-4 compression tools, and assistance in creating web casts via Real Networks.

Tempest Telecom will allow SMTP traffic from your server to travel across our network, so your existing mail server will be accessible. If your end-users use 3rd party mail providers that do not allow SMTP roaming, Tempest Telecom provides a method for those users to send and receive email.

If you currently use a VPN, your VPN will work across our network. However for even tighter security, we can build a custom connection manager which will force users to connect only via your VPN no matter which connection type your user's have.