BGAN and Fleetbroadband are sort of the same system, but priced differently...
Several enterprising folks have taken a BGAN (ie land terminal) and mounted it on the kind of tracking platform they sell for RVs to point your dish at the satellite. These are pretty dumb devices which just have a compass and an elevation meter, but people tell me they actually make a BGAN track more quickly and reliably than a proper marine FleetBroadband....
Of course you still need to waterproof your BGAN to make them equivalent... And even then Inmarsat are technically allowed to turn off your BGAN if you use it in the middle of the ocean...
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BGAN and Fleetbroadband are sort of the same system, but priced differently... Several enterprising folks have taken a BGAN (ie land terminal) and mounted it on the kind of tracking platform they sell for RVs to point your dish at the satellite. These are pretty dumb devices which just have a compass and an elevation meter, but people tell me they actually make a BGAN track more quickly and reliably than a proper marine FleetBroadband.... Of course you still need to waterproof your BGAN to make them equivalent... And even then Inmarsat are technically allowed to turn off your BGAN if you use it in the middle of the ocean...