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When determining what type of communications system you need for your vessel, your first consideration should be the initial outlay of capital for the hardware as this can be quite substantial and a major deciding factor.

$100000	2.4m	C-Band VSAT	SeaTel 9707	Deep sea global coverage Full internet and phone and email Pay by the month. Can be expensive Cost effective for frequent use	64Kb 2Mb
$45000 $60000	1 meter	Ku-Band VSAT	SeaTel 4009 Orbit AL-7103 KNS Z10	Regional coverage Full internet and phone and email pay by the month most cost effective for frequent use	64Kb 20Mb
$30000 $32000 $36000 $39995	60cm	Ku-Band mini-VSAT USAT	KVH V7 SeaTel 2406 Sailor 700	Regional coverage Full internet and phone and email Pay by the month could be more expensive at higher bandwidths	384Kb 2Mb
$16995	37cm	Ku-Band mini-VSAT	KVH V3 (coming 1Q11)	Regional coverage Full internet and phone and email Prepay by MBs /month	128kb 2Mb
$14995 $14950 $16195	65 cm	Inmarsat Fleet Broadband	FB500 JRC JUE500 Sailor KVH	Deep sea global coverage Occasional Internet and phone  and email Pay by the byte and by the minute Expensive for regular web browsing	<432Kb
$9995	27cm 35cm	Inmarsat Fleet Broadband	FB250 Sailor KVH	Deep sea global coverage Occasional Internet and phone and email Pay by the byte and by the minute Expensive for regular web browsing	<284Kb
$4300 $5995 $6200	27cm 29cm	Inmarsat Fleet Broadband	FB150 Sailor KVH Skipper	Deep sea global coverage Occasional Internet and phone and email Pay by the byte and by the minute Expensive for regular web browsing	<150Kb
$4500 $5800	57x23  cm	Iridium	Openport	Truely global coverage including poles. Occasional Internet, phone and email Prepay by the byte and by the minute  Can be expensive for extensive web browsing.	9.6Kb  32Kb 128Kb
$1395		Iridium	Handheld  9555	Truely global coverage including poles. Very limited, low speed, internet. Email phone and text Prepay by the byte and by the minute  Can be expensive for extensive web browsing.	9.6Kb
$699		Iridium	GeoPro	Truely global coverage including poles. Two-way text messaging with GPS position
$575	17x 5.4x 3.9cm	Inmarsat	IsatPhone PRO	Global. 2.4K voice. Text to email (160 char)  GPS to email. 20kbps data. 8 hour talk/100hour standby

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Vessel Size 10m 15m 20m 30m 40m 50m >50m
Hardware budget  <$500 <$1000 <$2000 <$5000 <$10000 <$30000 <$60000 <100000
Monthly Budget <$50 <$100 <$500 <$1000 <$2000 <$5000 >$5000
Sailing Itinerary Coastal <20 miles Offshore <200 miles Regional Med/US/Caribbean Ocean >200mi / Global
Frequency Weekends Vacations Seasonal Year Round
Usage:
Email,  weather maps, occasional Google and download
Routine web browsing
Daily downloads (Music/ video/ files/ software)