On 03/31/2010 01:13 AM, Trixter aka Bret McDanel wrote: > 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.
What? Specialty, niche hardware and services have a huge price range and are frequently subject to enormous markup? :-) -- Alex Balashov - Principal Evariste Systems LLC Tel : +1 678-954-0670 Direct : +1 678-954-0671 Web : http://www.evaristesys.com/ -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- 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
