Satellite Internet for Bizjets
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Satellite Internet for Bizjets
Looking for info and opinions on Satellite Internet systems for business jets. Costs? Service availability? performance? any input will be appreciated.
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I saw it on a falcon. 4 swift64 channel with nominal rate of 256k. These guys were using it to download e-mail (using outlook express), I don't know how it work to surf the web.
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I'm making this response from over the Med at FL330- we use a 64K system that clocks at about 50K - it's better than nothing. We use Satcom Direct as providers & it works out at about $6.50 per minute - if one person is on or twenty. There are piggybacked 256K systems but they are more expensive.
Broadband service is just around the corner which will give you a couple of hundred K for about the same price as we're paying for 64K. But you need a broadband-capable box. We use the Honeywell 700 series HSD and are looking to use their broadband equipment with EMS accelerators.
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Broadband service is just around the corner which will give you a couple of hundred K for about the same price as we're paying for 64K. But you need a broadband-capable box. We use the Honeywell 700 series HSD and are looking to use their broadband equipment with EMS accelerators.
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4HP, show off
We are also looking at the piggy backed broadband, and the Legacy 600 has it as an optional standard extra.
Also we are looking at a macro cell for the pax to use their cell phones, as they get bored dialing from the sat phone, and 8 calls at a time are not possible.
Plus we want a always on PPrune connection from GDC.
Glf
Also we are looking at a macro cell for the pax to use their cell phones, as they get bored dialing from the sat phone, and 8 calls at a time are not possible.
Plus we want a always on PPrune connection from GDC.
Glf
