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Iridium Pilot already exists, albeit it's only 134 kbps (although maybe it's already been upgraded to 1 Mbps? I'm not sure). VSAT service may also work (alth
by cozzyd 6y ago
Iridium Pilot already exists, albeit it's only 134 kbps (although maybe it's already been upgraded to 1 Mbps? I'm not sure). VSAT service may also work (although that might be spotty in the middle of the ocean).
- ghaff 6y agoI do know people who manage with just satellite, including some in tech. But it's certainly a stretch and being basically unable to stream video is increasingly a liability.
- packet_nerd 6y agoI see $4,000+ for the Iridium terminal and $500/m for a 100MB plan. Thats really really expensive for not a lot of data. Click the wrong link from HN front page and you could burn through half that in one click! I suppose it could be doable. You'd want to be setup with all your software and development environment before hand and just use the satellite connection for text-only email/chat. Maybe SSH to an outside server and use w3m for web browsing?
- cozzyd 6y agoIt's very expensive but doesn't scale linearly (random searches find 10 GB plans for $2400/m).