Starlink Maritime brings satellite broadband to the seas

Date:
Fri, 08 Jul 2022 16:24:08 +0000

Description:
Starlink targets ships with dedicated hardware and service for the sea.

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Travellers on the high seas will soon be able to access high speed, low latency internet by subscribing to a maritime satellite broadband service
from Elon Musks Starlink venture.

Starlink Maritime hopes to tempt owners and operators of pleasure yachts, cruise ships, and other vessels with ruggedised hardware that can withstand extreme cold, heat, hail, sleet, heavy rain, and gale force winds and
headline speeds of 350Mbps.

The company promises the dishes take up minimal deck space and are easy to install, ensuring they wont get in the way of key equipment, or sunbathing passengers. High seas connectivity

The hardware costs $10,000 and a subscription is $5,000 a month, which isnt cheap. However for billionaire yacht owners this is a drop in the ocean
theyre sailing on.

In any case, subscriptions can be paused at any time so that customers arent charged if theyre spending an extended time on land. Read More

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