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It says right on the front page: "High-speed, low-latency, in-flight internet with connectivity across the globe. $12,500/mo-$25,000/mo with a one-time hardwar

by kelp 4y ago

It says right on the front page: "High-speed, low-latency, in-flight internet with connectivity across the globe. $12,500/mo-$25,000/mo with a one-time hardware cost of $150,000. Reserve now with deliveries starting in 2023."

thrdbndndn 4y ago
Pretty sure they meant how much viasat charges.
- kelp 4y ago
  Yeah, you could be right. And from a very quick look, Viasat doesn't just have their prices right on the front page.
  - gruez 4y ago
    They have a pricing table in their brochure: https://viasat.widen.net/s/clgfbt6sdz/1487977_business_aviation_ds_brochure_web-3 https://viasat.widen.net/s/clgfbt6sdz/1487977_business_aviat...
carl_dr 4y ago
Vs “from $2795 per month” for Viasat. https://go.viasat.com/BAV-Viasat-Select-Business-Jet-WiFi.html https://go.viasat.com/BAV-Viasat-Select-Business-Jet-WiFi.ht...
- nordsieck 4y ago
  > Vs “from $2795 per month” for Viasat. ... if you're ok being limited to 15 GB per month. Practically, the offerings are $10k for regional or $14k for global for the no cap plans.
- kjksf 4y ago
  Per https://viasat.widen.net/s/clgfbt6sdz/1487977_business_aviation_ds_brochure_web-3 https://viasat.widen.net/s/clgfbt6sdz/1487977_business_aviat... $2795 is for 15GB data cap which is nothing. Their unlimited local service is $10k, unlimited global service is $14k $14k is more expensive than the cheapest $12.5k from Starlink and less expensive than $25k most expensive plan. Except Starlink is 350 MB/s vs. 30 MB/s from ViaSat. Starlink is 5x-10x cheaper per speed.
  - FireBeyond 4y ago
    Well, and ViaSat is actually available now. "Available in 2023". We'll see. I mean FSD has been "coming this year" since 2016. And I regularly see people here complaining that they're still waitlisted for their terrestrial Starlink service. Who knows what ViaSat will have by whenever Starlink actually makes this happen (you know, with the mobile RV service that's "coming soon", and the maritime service, also "coming soon", and now this...).
    - shaklee3 4y ago
      viasat will have viasat-3 by then, which is about 5x their total current capacity.
      - schappim 4y ago
        Yeah, but latency will be suboptimal as viasat's satellites are in geosynchronous orbit. Many laws a optional, but I'm afraid they can't get around the speed of light...
        shaklee3 4y ago
        this is a common thing SpaceX people say, but in reality, it doesn't matter that much. streaming media isn't affected by latency at all, and web browsing/app usage is good enough. what really suffers is real time games or VPN, but that's not as common.
        schappim 4y ago
        250ms minimum latency (just for the speed of light), once you add switching that's going to be over 400ms. You have to be pretty apologetic to accept this. I live in Australia (118ms round trip), and whenever I'm in SF, I'm amazed at the quality of life increase brought about by decreased latency. It feels like the whole net is on localhost.
        4y ago

by kelp 4y ago

thrdbndndn 4y ago

Pretty sure they meant how much viasat charges.

kelp 4y ago
Yeah, you could be right. And from a very quick look, Viasat doesn't just have their prices right on the front page.
- gruez 4y ago
  They have a pricing table in their brochure: https://viasat.widen.net/s/clgfbt6sdz/1487977_business_aviation_ds_brochure_web-3 https://viasat.widen.net/s/clgfbt6sdz/1487977_business_aviat...

carl_dr 4y ago

Vs “from $2795 per month” for Viasat. https://go.viasat.com/BAV-Viasat-Select-Business-Jet-WiFi.html https://go.viasat.com/BAV-Viasat-Select-Business-Jet-WiFi.ht...

nordsieck 4y ago
> Vs “from $2795 per month” for Viasat. ... if you're ok being limited to 15 GB per month. Practically, the offerings are $10k for regional or $14k for global for the no cap plans.
kjksf 4y ago
Per https://viasat.widen.net/s/clgfbt6sdz/1487977_business_aviation_ds_brochure_web-3 https://viasat.widen.net/s/clgfbt6sdz/1487977_business_aviat... $2795 is for 15GB data cap which is nothing. Their unlimited local service is $10k, unlimited global service is $14k $14k is more expensive than the cheapest $12.5k from Starlink and less expensive than $25k most expensive plan. Except Starlink is 350 MB/s vs. 30 MB/s from ViaSat. Starlink is 5x-10x cheaper per speed.
- FireBeyond 4y ago
  Well, and ViaSat is actually available now. "Available in 2023". We'll see. I mean FSD has been "coming this year" since 2016. And I regularly see people here complaining that they're still waitlisted for their terrestrial Starlink service. Who knows what ViaSat will have by whenever Starlink actually makes this happen (you know, with the mobile RV service that's "coming soon", and the maritime service, also "coming soon", and now this...).
  - shaklee3 4y ago
    viasat will have viasat-3 by then, which is about 5x their total current capacity.
    - schappim 4y ago
      Yeah, but latency will be suboptimal as viasat's satellites are in geosynchronous orbit. Many laws a optional, but I'm afraid they can't get around the speed of light...
      - shaklee3 4y ago
        this is a common thing SpaceX people say, but in reality, it doesn't matter that much. streaming media isn't affected by latency at all, and web browsing/app usage is good enough. what really suffers is real time games or VPN, but that's not as common.
        schappim 4y ago
        250ms minimum latency (just for the speed of light), once you add switching that's going to be over 400ms. You have to be pretty apologetic to accept this. I live in Australia (118ms round trip), and whenever I'm in SF, I'm amazed at the quality of life increase brought about by decreased latency. It feels like the whole net is on localhost.
        4y ago