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For aviation, they'll get connectivity most of the time; it will just flake out occasionally. The real question is, what are the prices of the services they're
by usefulcat 4y ago
For aviation, they'll get connectivity most of the time; it will just flake out occasionally.
The real question is, what are the prices of the services they're competing against? I'll bet those prices are higher.
- FireBeyond 4y agoViaSat charges $14K/mo for their top tier service. And the only coverage failure I've had while traveling, with ViaSat, is for an hour or so on polar routes (for me, SEA - DOH/DXB).
- Thlom 4y agoInmarsat will launch two satellites in HEO next year to provide coverage for the arctic. Should improve coverage in higher latitudes for the merged company.
- drusepth 4y agoAccording to this Viasat brochure [1], their top global (not regional) plan is $14k/mo with speeds ranging 20-40Mbps, or approx. $466 per 1Mbps. Comparatively, $25k/mo for 350Mbps would average $71 per 1Mbps, or ~6x cheaper for the speed. We'll see how the actual speed (and reliability) shake out in practice, though. [1] https://viasat.widen.net/s/clgfbt6sdz/1487977_business_aviation_ds_brochure_web-3 https://viasat.widen.net/s/clgfbt6sdz/1487977_business_aviat...