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| − | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadband_Global_Area_Network BGAN]] | + | ==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadband_Global_Area_Network BGAN]]== |
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. | ||
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*[http://www.groundcontrol.com/bgan/BGAN_Global_Coverage_Map.pdf BGAN Coverage Map] | *[http://www.groundcontrol.com/bgan/BGAN_Global_Coverage_Map.pdf BGAN Coverage Map] | ||
*[http://www.groundcontrol.com/BGAN-FAQ.htm#5 BGAN FAQ] | *[http://www.groundcontrol.com/BGAN-FAQ.htm#5 BGAN FAQ] | ||
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| − | [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]== |
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| + | 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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[[Category:Communications]] | [[Category:Communications]] | ||
{{Infrastructure}} | {{Infrastructure}} | ||
Latest revision as of 17:46, 2 August 2017
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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
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.
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