FWIW this is kind of what they do on e.g. racing sailboats offshore; a central uplink hooks into the satellites and distributes internet onboard via wifi. It's

FWIW this is kind of what they do on e.g. racing sailboats offshore; a central uplink hooks into the satellites and distributes internet onboard via wifi. It's slow and expensive, but let's you do things like pull weather reports from the middle of the Atlantic, post your progress back to race control and your family / friends, etc.