On Wed, 2010-03-31 at 00:47 -0400, James Sharp wrote: > Alex Balashov wrote: > > > Interesting. I'd be curious to know how much that kind of access costs > > at sea. > > I want to say that the 1mbps/1mbps service was about $1300/mo, but don't > quote me on that (as I no longer work for the company in question, we > parted on not-so-good terms). The ocean going vessels also required an > auto-tracking gyro-stabilized Ku-band dish package that was (again, > don't quote me) about $30K. But we had reports that one particular > vessel never lost a single phone call or fax call even when taking > 16-18ft seas. > >
For reference gyro stabilized tracking systems suitable for marine use are about $6k retail, transceiver dish arrays (LNBs that you stick on a suitable dish) are $1-2k depending on what you get. If they are doing 24GHz systems for $30k they are ripping people off. $1300/mo for 1Mbps satellite is a bit excessive, even the predator drones which use a 3rd party ISP to relay unencrypted video telemetry does not cost that much. Not saying they didnt charge this, just saying its excessively priced. -- Trixter http://www.0xdecafbad.com Bret McDanel pgp key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x8AE5C721 -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
