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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] can provide a much faster internet connection, with increasing equipment and service fees.
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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.
  
[[Image:BGAN_Coverage.png|right|500px]]
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[[Category:Communications]]
 
[[Category:Communications]]
 
{{Infrastructure}}
 
{{Infrastructure}}

Revision as of 17:40, 2 August 2017

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.

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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.

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