24. March 2011 by admin.

Question in from LinkedIn: Alan for an article I am writing I need to explain Ku, Ka and C-band (in one
line) what they are. Can you do that for me please?

Answer:

On 03/23/11 1:35 PM, Alan Spicer Marine Telecom wrote:
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In one line … Ku, Ka, and C band are different frequency ranges. This means different size antennas called dishes (inside nice white radomes on marine vessel). If you know that 300 / F (mhz) = wavelength in meters You can get an idea of why. C band best example is Big Ugly Dish (BUD) on homes before sat tv industry took off. Then Ku band looks like typical home TV dish before fancy HD on Satellite. Ka fiasco used by DirecTV for addition of HD - creating fiasco for marine because needs multiple Ka, Ku to get regular and HD channels. Higher frequencies used in Ka band may be more subject to “rain fade” loss of signal more than Ku band because of higher frequency and shorter wavelength (smaller antenna size.)

* That was a very long line.

—
Alan Spicer

On 03/23/11 2:40 AM, Michael Howorth wrote:
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Alan for an article I am writing I need to explain Ku, Ka and C-band (in one line) what they are. Can you do that for me please?

I am not sure I could do it effectively

Best wishes
Michael

Captain Michael Howorth
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http://www.marinetelecom.net - http://www.wifiyacht.net

communications @ marinetelecom.net

+1 954-683-3426

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4. November 2010 by admin.

* The next article link and quote that I just posted below was interesting from a marine satellite perspective - because …My market is mostly pleasure and charter yachts and sailing vessels. Owners and Captains of these “boats” are always looking for a “fair shake” in the Internet and Voice Communications for their vessels - while trying to have “Always On Internet” for the majority of their communications (Business related to running a boat and Crew Morale by letting the crew keep in touch with their friends and family.)

Once you cross the line between land-based Internet service into Marine Internet service the price jumps from $60 to $100 per month to $1000’s per month. That’s how VSAT is priced. Even when you are looking at Inmarsat Fleet Broadband you can get the same Internet service for a LOT less when it is called BGAN which it is on land. It’s so bad that I’ve heard of boats carrying BGAN portable units on a boat to save both the cost of the marine satellite system installation and the cost of usage.The Inmarsat … world famous for having done the Fleet 33 / 55 / and 77 for the last few years (where you pay per Megabit or per Minute) and more recently the Fleet Broadband which also has per usage charges that are quite high and monthly fees (on some plans?) that are also quite high.

Others… which I will not name have offered VSAT or Small-VSAT with different cost structures. You pretty much have to follow all of the providers and services to know what’s going on.Inmarsat puts up their own satellites … huge very costly satellites … the size of an English Double-Decker bus and has to maintain those satellites and related network infrastructure. So Inmarsat has to make back all of the initial costs of building the birds, launching them, setting up the infrastructure on land to support them, etc. etc. *Others lease “transponders” on satellites maintained by others - perhaps saving some costs in the deployment and maintenance of the satellite infrastructure. They might still have to provide earth stations and land infrastructure to support their service via these leased transponders - but that’s got to be a lot less than what Inmarsat has to deal with.If you were one of the other guys … trying to find satellites in all the right geographic locations to be able provide service to marine vessels everywhere that you want to cover - has got to be very difficult and no doubt costly as well. So both plans have to recoup these costs and try to provide the best reliable service for every customer wherever they may roam in their ship or boat.

There are also different bands being used for providing satellite service. The old C-band - is what Satellite Television Providers use to provide the service to resellers - Cable Television Companies. But when it got interesting was when Ku-band became available. You will see that both Satellite TV and Marine Satellite Internet grew following Ku-band being implemented. Now, as you see also in Satellite TV, Marine Satellite Internet wants to go to Ka-band as well. You will see Ka-band mentioned with the new Inmarsat 5 as well. But those nice letters also equate to Frequency bands. Higher and Higher frequencies being used. As we know from radio when the frequency gets higher the wavelength gets shorter - hence the smaller antennas. If you have satellite tv like I do you may know what “rain fade” is. When it rains sufficiently hard the higher bands go out first. I lose HDTV when it rains and have to switch to Standard Def. TV Channels when “rain fade” kills my HDTV channels. That’s my only choice. Either be down or switch to Ku-band for Standard Def. TV and keep on watching. The same kind of thing is mentioned with the Inmarsat 5 new system … how well will it handle “rain fade” and other reliability issues?

* Well that’s it for now. I just wanted to shoot some comments out there related to the article. If anyone has better information or knowledge than I do - I welcome any comments.

—Alan Spicer Marine Telecom
http://www.marinetelecom.net and http://www.wifiyacht.net

communications @ marinetelecom.net

+1 954-683-3426

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4. November 2010 by admin.

http://www.satmagazine.com/cgi-bin/display_article.cgi?number=1924997957

Marine Satellite: Inmarsat’s Challenging Transition (SatMagazine)

Beam… Inmarsat’s Challenging Transition
author: Alan Gottlieb, Managing Director, Gottlieb International Group, Inc.

For Inmarsat, the move into the maritime VSAT world is a leap far beyond the scope of a difficult technological transition. The Company’s bold move will require a re-make of its traditional business and financial structure. To be successful, Inmarsat must morph from a traditional communications provider that sells by the byte and by the minute to a solutions provider skilled in systems integration and consultative selling. This challenge, if properly met, will insure Inmarsat’s dominance in the maritime communications world, or if unmet, could relegate the Company to the ranks of other corporate giants who missed a critical turn in the market…and are no more.

The Rush To Fixed Priced Broadband
From nearly no market penetration three years ago to more than 5,000 installations today, VSAT adoption continues to grow dramatically. In Inmarsat’s core heavy user market, the shift to VSAT continues to accelerate.To its credit, Inmarsat has achieved some success by defending its position through aggressive discounting of it FleetBroadband service and a novel-pricing plan called SCAP (Shared Corporate Access Plan), directed specifically at the large fleet market. Under SCAP, owners with 50 or more vessels and ready to commit to three year contracts can reportedly buy packages of 2 to 5 Gigabytes per/month for as little as $1 per/Megabyte. The implementation of if the SCAP combined with the recession has helped Inmarsat – especially in the Containership segment.

The Plan has been especially effective because the high price of a 1.2 Meter VSAT Antenna ($60,000 or more) has been difficult to justify during the severe downturn in container shipping — purchasing FleetBroadband makes sense as a first step when acquiring a hybrid L/Ku-band service (as it is required anyway as a VSAT back up). However, despite the aggressive marketing of FleetBroadband and the SCAP, major operators have conducted numerous VSAT trials, and a significant move to the technology in the Containership sector is expected as economic conditions normalize.

In the Tanker segment, Teekay Shipping, Frontline and Tsakos Tankers are recent purchasers of major VSAT systems. With demand for more than 50 Gigabytes per/month per ship of data, Rob Morrison, Teekay’s IT Manager for Europe, notes at the recent Digital Ship Conference in Stamford that FleetBroadband is, simply put, economically impractical. Tsakos, one of the largest Greek Tanker operators and a leader in new technology adoption has 2.4 Meter C-band Systems installed on 17 of its vessels — Eletson, one of the largest product tanker companies, plans to install VSAT within the next 18 months. With the adoption of VSAT spreading, the pressure for Inmarsat to react has intensified.

Inmarsat Responds
In August, Inmarsat stunned the Maritime VSAT community by announcing its answer to the Ku- VSAT threat, the Global Xpress service, a high capacity Ka-band service billed to deliver speeds up to 50 Megabits per/second to antennas as small as 20 cm. According to Andrew Sukawaty, CEO of Inmarsat, the move to Ka- was justified by limited Ku- availability.

While Sukawaty’s logic seems inescapable — lack of capacity in Ku-, the use of the proposed Ka- infrastructure raises significant technological questions regarding the ability of the narrow beam structure to support services with Committed Information Rate Service (CIR). CIR is a feature often demanded by large fleets of sophisticated users. Ka-’s ability to deliver “always on” service, especially under Rain Fade conditions, is also in question.

The advanced infrastructure of the Boeing 702 HP satellites and state-of-the-art coding and modulation techniques are likely to mitigate the technical issues associated with the new I5 Service, no one knows for sure how the service will actually perform under tropical rain. Unlike FleetBroadband with its verified L-band performance, trials will almost certainly be required to prove Ka’s viability in a monsoon or heavy rain environment. While reaction to the proposed service, so far, has focused largely on these sorts of technical issues, the business and financial issues associated with the new Global Xpress services offer daunting challenges as well.

Needed — A New Business Model
The need to re-make the Inmarsat business model to accommodate Global Xpress has profound implications to the Company itself and its reseller network. The entire marketing and sales structure will need to be altered, sales personnel will need to be retrained or replaced, and there will be severe affects on the cash flow of both Inmarsat and its resellers.In the conventional Inmarsat business model, services are offered either by the byte or by the minute. Customers know what they are buying; the sale cycle is short; selling expense is low, and cash flow is realized in the short term. The VSAT business environment is substantially different.

(more at the link above)

—
Alan Spicer Marine Telecom
http://www.marinetelecom.net and http://www.wifiyacht.net
+1 954-683-3426
communications @ marinetelecom.net

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2. September 2010 by admin.

* This looks reminiscent of the US NASA Apollo Space Program … with a space craft designed to drop back down from space and deploy parachutes for a water recovery landing.

http://www.satnews.com/cgi-bin/story.cgi?number=886061620

Today SpaceX (Space Exploration Technologies) announced their Dragon spacecraft has successfully completed a high altitude drop test, meeting 100 percent of test objectives.  This is the last in a series of tests to validate parachute deployment systems and recovery operations before the craft’s first launch.

During the August 12th test, an Erikson S-64F Air-Crane helicopter dropped a test article of the Dragon spacecraft from a height of 14,000 feet, roughly nine miles off the coast of Morro Bay, California.  In a carefully timed sequence of events, dual redundant drogue parachutes deployed first to stabilize and gently slow the craft before three main parachutes, 116 feet in diameter, further slowed the craft to a picture perfect landing.  From there, recovery ships successfully returned the Dragon and parachutes to shore.

While Dragon will initially be used to transport cargo, the spacecraft was designed to transport crew and the parachute system validated during the test is the same system that would be used on a crew-carrying Dragon. 

—
Alan Spicer
 
DBA Alan Spicer Telcom / Alan Spicer Marine Telecom
Computer Services, Wired/Wireless Networking,
Cell/Sat/Landline Communications, General Consulting…
Marine, Business, Small Office and Home Office (SOHO)
 
* Cost Savings and Integration of Multiple Internet Technologies
on board Sail and Motor Yachts * Documentation, Operating
Instructions, and Support after the Sale *
 
* http://www.marinetelecom.net/
* http://www.internetforyachts.net/
* http://www.wifiyacht.net/
* 954-683-3426
 
Mobile Internet! Step up to the HSPA 3G Fast Internet!
 
Ericsson W35 released in the USA. This you’ve gotta SEE!!
Better looking presentation than W25 (you might not want to
hide this one in the Doghouse!) + High Speed Upload which
the W25 did not have.
http://www.marinetelecom.net/Ericsson_W35/ 
 

Livewire: Access Controller (Service Selector):
http://www.marinetelecom.net/Livewire_Service_Selector/

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2. September 2010 by admin.

* Satellite needs a reboot? A Windows Update? Well sort of … And you think your computer has problems? Imagine if it was out in space? and you couldn’t just call Alan Spicer to fix it!

http://www.satnews.com/cgi-bin/story.cgi?number=1593012507

The European Space Agency has reported the GOCe satellite has been troubled with such a difficulty since July. GOCe is designed to map the gravitational field of Earth, but has been unable to send its collected data to receiving stations. A patch is currently being worked on to correct the telemetry problem and the hopes are for a radio link to be installed by next month. GOCe has already completed two-thirds of its mission, with many of its science objectives already completed. The satellite was launched on March 17th in 2009.

The ESA describes GOCE as “the Formula 1″ of satellites due to its avant-garde design — it is a five-metre (16.25-feet) craft that is arrow-like in appearance, rather than the usual boxy dimensions. The satellite possesses stabilizing fins as it orbits Earth at an altitude of just 250 kilometres (156 miles) where there is still a lingering atmosphere. This is not the first difficulty for GOCe, which actually had a primary computer chip failure in February of this year. This required a switch over to the backup computer.

http://www.satnews.com/cgi-bin/display_weekly.cgi

—
Alan Spicer
 
DBA Alan Spicer Telcom / Alan Spicer Marine Telecom
Computer Services, Wired/Wireless Networking,
Cell/Sat/Landline Communications, General Consulting…
Marine, Business, Small Office and Home Office (SOHO)
 
* Cost Savings and Integration of Multiple Internet Technologies
on board Sail and Motor Yachts * Documentation, Operating
Instructions, and Support after the Sale *
 
* http://www.marinetelecom.net/
* http://www.internetforyachts.net/
* http://www.wifiyacht.net/
* 954-683-3426
 
Mobile Internet! Step up to the HSPA 3G Fast Internet!
 
Ericsson W35 released in the USA. This you’ve gotta SEE!!
Better looking presentation than W25 (you might not want to
hide this one in the Doghouse!) + High Speed Upload which
the W25 did not have.
http://www.marinetelecom.net/Ericsson_W35/ 
 

Livewire: Access Controller (Service Selector):
http://www.marinetelecom.net/Livewire_Service_Selector/

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2. September 2010 by admin.

* More satellite steering problems … this time military …

 http://www.satnews.com/cgi-bin/story.cgi?number=1978149695

[SatNews] The maneuvering plan for AEHF-1 may well have to be altered, after the AEHF-1’s propulsion system seems to have thrown a kink into the spatial works.

Launched on August 14th, this satellite experienced a problem when its thrusters were fired in order to boost the bird into its assigned testing orbit. All of the subsystems and the satellite itself are stable and up next is a plan by the engineers to perhaps rework the boosting process for the AEHF-1, which is the first of four such spacecraft. Set to replace Milstar, this Lockheed Martin Space System’s satellite is going to handle most of the extremely crucial communications for the U.S. military.

http://www.satnews.com/cgi-bin/display_weekly.cgi

—
Alan Spicer
 
DBA Alan Spicer Telcom / Alan Spicer Marine Telecom
Computer Services, Wired/Wireless Networking,
Cell/Sat/Landline Communications, General Consulting…
Marine, Business, Small Office and Home Office (SOHO)
 
* Cost Savings and Integration of Multiple Internet Technologies
on board Sail and Motor Yachts * Documentation, Operating
Instructions, and Support after the Sale *
 
* http://www.marinetelecom.net/
* http://www.internetforyachts.net/
* http://www.wifiyacht.net/
* 954-683-3426
 
Mobile Internet! Step up to the HSPA 3G Fast Internet!
 
Ericsson W35 released in the USA. This you’ve gotta SEE!!
Better looking presentation than W25 (you might not want to
hide this one in the Doghouse!) + High Speed Upload which
the W25 did not have.
http://www.marinetelecom.net/Ericsson_W35/ 
 

Livewire: Access Controller (Service Selector):
http://www.marinetelecom.net/Livewire_Service_Selector/

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20. August 2010 by admin.

Big news for marine satcom users today: the mini-VSAT Broadband service got a 500% capacity expansion in N. America, the Gulf of Mexico, and Central America.

http://www.kvh.com/Press-Room/Press-Release-Library/2010/100819-mVBB-CONUS-Expansion.aspx?goback=%2Egde_3208547_member_27613574%2Egmp_3208547%2Egde_3208547_member_27582871

Alan Spicer Commented (on LinkedIn “Marine Telecom (Communications” Forum/Group):

Alan Spicer Marine Telecom • I’m a Kilobits-per-Second and Megabits-per-second kind of guy. Actually I should a Kibibit and Mebibit kind of guy - but that’s just being modern and proper … only the Linux guys or such would really kill me about that.Also a dollars for donuts kind of guy. Always fighting for the marine guys and gals out there on the streets. Actually out there on the waters So 500% “capacity” expansion. That’s a big number. Imagine your car going 500% faster or getting 500% better gas mileage. Just to put it in laymans terms.So what does that mean in laymans terms? In technical terms, to me, that just means that your network (satellite network) capacity increased.

“Circling around at 500 feet lifes imperfect … but down on the street it’s unforgiving”
(Paraphrasing that movie Blackhawk Down)

I don’t think this means that users on boats are going to get any faster Internet Service than what they’re already paying for, right? Just if there were “capacity” problems … say in the Gulf Region … due to Oil Cleanup marine vessel activity … then such capacity problems, if there were any (hypothetically here) that would be “cleaned up” now as well?

In a similar Telecom scenario … AT&T Wireless has capacity problems because of huge success of the iPhone exclusive arrangement. Let’s say AT&T were to increase their “capacity” in those ares. It would solve the capacity problems and restore normal service.

[end]

Durant: Where’s the rescue squad?
Shughart: We’re it.

Eversmann: Remember, we’re Rangers not some sorry-ass JROTC. We’re Elite. Let’s act like it out there. Hoo-ah?
Rangers: Hoo-ah!

///////////////////////////////////

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Hans Gruber: [Looking puzzled] I must have missed 60 Minutes. What are you saying?
(Die Hard (1988))

—
Alan SpicerDBA Alan Spicer Telcom / Alan Spicer Marine Telecom
Computer Services, Wired/Wireless Networking,
Cell/Sat/Landline Communications, General Consulting…
Marine, Business, Small Office and Home Office (SOHO) * Cost Savings and Integration of Multiple Internet Technologies
on board Sail and Motor Yachts * Documentation, Operating
Instructions, and Support after the Sale ** http://www.marinetelecom.net/
* http://www.internetforyachts.net/
* http://www.wifiyacht.net/
* 954-683-3426

Mobile Internet! Step up to the HSPA 3G Fast Internet!

Ericsson W35 released in the USA. This you’ve gotta SEE!!
Better looking presentation than W25 (you might not want to
hide this one in the Doghouse!) + High Speed Upload which
the W25 did not have.
http://www.marinetelecom.net/Ericsson_W35/

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20. August 2010 by admin.

Inmarsat Global Xpress Broadband Service Set For 2014 Cutover

http://www.cable360.net/ct/news/thewire/Inmarsat-Global-Xpress-Broadband-Service-Set-For-2014-Cutover_42777.html

Global mobile satellite giant Inmarsat will launch, in partnership with The Boeing Company, three state-of-the-art 702HP Ka-band satellites, commercializing them in 2014.

The Inmarsat-5 constellation will allow Inmarsat to market what it said will be “a unique, global, high-speed mobile broadband service offering” initially dubbed Global Xpress.

Global Xpress, which will target a $1.4 billion incremental market opportunity in VSAT services, will address “the established, growing markets for VSAT services in the maritime, energy and government sectors, with further growth potential in developing markets such as the aeronautical sector,” an Inmarsat statement continued. “Global Xpress will deliver seamless global coverage and unprecedented mobile broadband with speeds up to 50MB/s to customer terminals from 20-60cm in size.”

Inmarsat is estimating $500 million in annual Ka-band revenues five years after service launch. Under a separate arrangement, Boeing has agreed to become a distribution partner for both Inmarsat’s Ka- and L-band services; it also has contracted for capacity purchases representing more than 10 percent of Inmarsat’s target Ka-band revenues in that first five years.

Commented Inmarsat Chairman and CEO Andrew Sukawaty, “This is a new investment for new growth. With the Global Xpress network, we will be the first operator to offer global mobile broadband coverage, offering unparalleled speeds and bandwidth to customers in remote locations around the world. Global Xpress will be faster and less expensive than current Ku-band market offerings, delivered to smaller and cheaper terminals and be the first offered on a seamless, global, end to end basis with high quality of service. Picture 50MB/s services to a ship or aircraft and 10MB/s to an antenna the size of an iPad.”

He continued, “Inmarsat-5 will also complement our existing global L-band services, allowing us to offer unique hybrid packages using both networks, giving users unprecedented levels of resilience and reliability in remote and harsh environments.”

Explaining how the constellation will be financed, CFO Rick Medlock said, “We expect the Inmarsat-5 program to be largely funded from our internally generated cash flows and, with significant available liquidity today, we see no immediate financing needs. In connection with the Boeing contract, we are seeking Export Credit Agency financing support from the US Ex-Im Bank, which could provide an attractive source of long-term debt. Given the multi-year build phase and the strong free cash flow from our existing business, we believe the peak impact on our ratio of net debt to EBITDA will be less than 0.5.”

The operator also believes Inmarsat-5 will start the gradual replacement of its L-band network, resulting in a deferment of more than $500 million of its previously planned replacement spend during the next 11 years.

* Alan Spicer asks: So what will the current Inmarsat Fleet Broadband and BGAN customers need to do? If anything? Will they continue to be able to use their investments in their current satellite terminal gear? (This said “cutover” that generally means cutting off an old and cutting of or cutting in a new service.) Or will they be phased out and have to buy new gear and change their service? What will the Marine rates be?

* Global Xpress will be faster and less expensive than current Ku-band market offerings

Uhuh … what about marine? will the airtime be less expensive?

—
Alan Spicer

DBA Alan Spicer Telcom / Alan Spicer Marine Telecom
Computer Services, Wired/Wireless Networking,
Cell/Sat/Landline Communications, General Consulting…
Marine, Business, Small Office and Home Office (SOHO)

* Cost Savings and Integration of Multiple Internet Technologies
on board Sail and Motor Yachts * Documentation, Operating
Instructions, and Support after the Sale *

* http://www.marinetelecom.net/
* http://www.internetforyachts.net/
* http://www.wifiyacht.net/
* 954-683-3426

Mobile Internet! Step up to the HSPA 3G Fast Internet!

Ericsson W35 released in the USA. This you’ve gotta SEE!!
Better looking presentation than W25 (you might not want to
hide this one in the Doghouse!) + High Speed Upload which
the W25 did not have.
http://www.marinetelecom.net/Ericsson_W35/

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16. August 2010 by admin.

http://www.satnews.com/cgi-bin/story.cgi?number=1080934825

[SatNews] Satellite telecoms company Inmarsat (LSE: ISAT.L - news) is set to announce that it has ordered three new satellites from Boeing (NYSE: BA - news) in a $1bn (£630m) deal.

The fleet of advanced Ka-Band satellites will allow Inmarsat to offer its customers fast broadband services in even the most far-flung locations by the end of 2014. With operations expected to start in 2014, Inmarsat-5 will support a next generation global service, Global Xpress, which will target a $1.4bn incremental market opportunity in VSAT services.

Global Xpress will address the established, growing markets for VSAT services in the Maritime, Energy and Government sectors, with further growth potential in developing markets such as the Aeronautical sector. Global Xpress will deliver seamless global coverage and unprecedented mobile broadband with speeds up to 50MB/s, to customer terminals from 20-60cm in size.

“They will provide very high mobile broadband speeds on a global basis to serve high-end customers who have very high data needs,” a source said.

The new satellites will offer broadband at speeds up to 20 times faster than Inmarsat’s current, ageing, L-band fleet, which operates at the opposite end of the spectrum. The investment, expected to be confirmed today, will be the biggest investment by the British company in a decade. Inmarsat will continue to use its 11 existing L-Band satellites, which provide voice and data services to ships and planes as well as those working in disaster areas or war zones.

Andrew Sukawaty, CEO of Inmarsat said: “This is a new investment for new growth. With the Global Xpress network, we will be the first operator to offer global mobile broadband coverage, offering unparalleled speeds and bandwidth to customers in remote locations around the world. Global Xpress will be faster and less expensive than current Ku-band market offerings, delivered to smaller and cheaper terminals and be the first offered on a seamless, global, end to end basis with high quality of service. Picture 50MB/s services to a ship or aircraft and 10MB/s to an antenna the size of an iPad (20cm).




—
Alan Spicer

DBA Alan Spicer Telcom / Alan Spicer Marine Telecom
Computer Services, Wired/Wireless Networking,
Cell/Sat/Landline Communications, General Consulting…
Marine, Business, Small Office and Home Office (SOHO)

* Cost Savings and Integration of Multiple Internet Technologies
on board Sail and Motor Yachts * Documentation, Operating
Instructions, and Support after the Sale *

* http://www.marinetelecom.net/
* http://www.internetforyachts.net/
* http://www.wifiyacht.net/
* 954-683-3426

Mobile Internet! Step up to the HSPA 3G Fast Internet!

Ericsson W35 released in the USA. This you’ve gotta SEE!!
Better looking presentation than W25 (you might not want to
hide this one in the Doghouse!) + High Speed Upload which
the W25 did not have.
http://www.marinetelecom.net/Ericsson_W35/

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16. August 2010 by admin.

Zombie Satellite Turns Disruptive In Rural Alaska
Image credit: Orbital Sciences/Intelsat 18 rendering[SatNews] The wayward satellite, nicknamed 'zombie' satellite by some because of its non response to directions and signals, may create some periodic loss of long-distance telephone and Internet service later this week for up to 35,000 people in rural Alaska.The Galaxy 15 is operated by Intelsat a European company. The satellite malfunctioned in April and has been wandering toward other satellites, interfering with their signals, hence the moniker.According to a General Communications Inc. spokesman David Morris the outages are expected to start Wednesday morning and continue until Saturday, and will last from 90 minutes to more than five hours. GCI estimates 4,000 residents and 1,000 businesses could briefly lose communications, meaning that ATMs will be offline and stores won't be able to process credit cards during the outages.

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