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This is one of the most affordable remote internet solutions. For a few hundred dollars in equipment and a reasonable monthly fee, you can get a phone line and slow internet connection anywhere in the satellite coverage area for one terminal, fixed location. | This is one of the most affordable remote internet solutions. For a few hundred dollars in equipment and a reasonable monthly fee, you can get a phone line and slow internet connection anywhere in the satellite coverage area for one terminal, fixed location. | ||
| − | *[http://www.groundcontrol.com/bgan/BGAN_Global_Coverage_Map.pdf | + | *[http://www.groundcontrol.com/bgan/BGAN_Global_Coverage_Map.pdf BGAN Coverage Map] |
| − | * | + | *[http://www.groundcontrol.com/BGAN-FAQ.htm#5 BGAN FAQ] |
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very-small-aperture_terminal VSAT] can provide a much faster internet connection, with increasing equipment and service fees. | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very-small-aperture_terminal VSAT] can provide a much faster internet connection, with increasing equipment and service fees. | ||
Large portions of the Pacific are outside of coverage footprint, but most of the Gulf, Caribbean, and North/Central/South America have coverage. You can spend hundreds to thousands on bandwidth, depending on needs and budget. A dozen households sharing a 20 Mbps connection VSAT connection can get a reasonable cost/function trade-off. | Large portions of the Pacific are outside of coverage footprint, but most of the Gulf, Caribbean, and North/Central/South America have coverage. You can spend hundreds to thousands on bandwidth, depending on needs and budget. A dozen households sharing a 20 Mbps connection VSAT connection can get a reasonable cost/function trade-off. | ||
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This is one of the most affordable remote internet solutions. For a few hundred dollars in equipment and a reasonable monthly fee, you can get a phone line and slow internet connection anywhere in the satellite coverage area for one terminal, fixed location.
VSAT can provide a much faster internet connection, with increasing equipment and service fees.
Large portions of the Pacific are outside of coverage footprint, but most of the Gulf, Caribbean, and North/Central/South America have coverage. You can spend hundreds to thousands on bandwidth, depending on needs and budget. A dozen households sharing a 20 Mbps connection VSAT connection can get a reasonable cost/function trade-off.
