Does anyone have experience with marine based satellite internet service? We're looking to outfit a 100' vessel with internet service. Does anyone have any positive or negative reviews of the available options? What are the available options??
Marine Satellite Internet Service - What is good?
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DennisS
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We've had good luck with the KVH Tracphone VSAT Broadband. The Coast Guard picked it for their ships.
TracPhone V7
We get Broadband service for about $1500 a month, it's the second lowest service plan, I think the lowest is around $1K, cost for the unit was around $27K.
We use VOIP for our calls and it is seamless. Just pick up the handset and call. If you are in a foreign country's boundaries there may be issues, cost per minute etc on the phone calls.
Electronic installation is easy but you will need to fabricate a mount and get a high lift to mount the antenna.
TracPhone V7
We get Broadband service for about $1500 a month, it's the second lowest service plan, I think the lowest is around $1K, cost for the unit was around $27K.
We use VOIP for our calls and it is seamless. Just pick up the handset and call. If you are in a foreign country's boundaries there may be issues, cost per minute etc on the phone calls.
Electronic installation is easy but you will need to fabricate a mount and get a high lift to mount the antenna.
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The one I first looked at was SeaTel. The monthly service is way less than 1k
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In this business you get what you pay for. The TracPhone V7 is indisputably the Cadillac of Fleet Broadband services, and the most expensive. I had a V7 setup on the Spree during a 110 day survey contract I performed after Hurricane Ike in 2008. I didn't pay for it, so I can't tell you how expensive it was, but we were able to get on FaceBook wherever we were, and at DSL speeds too. The Spree is equipped with a FB-250 Fleet Broadband dome with service from Stratos, a Canadian company. With the Small (9 " dome, $10k) FB unit, I can have up to 128 kb/sec streaming, or 56kbps on demand service. The price difference is incredible. 128 kbps is $50/min, 56kbps on demand, $12 a mb. There is no monthly charge for the FB-250 or FB-500 service. Call me if you want website links or want to come to KW to see it in action.
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