TECH NOTES - Understanding SATCOM Costs, Metered Plans
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Understanding SATCOM Costs – Metered Plans Use the chart below to determine usage costs for common tasks: Usage KB/MB ECDIS chart update (per day) Social media post with photo Social media browsing (per minute) Web browsing (3 pages; per minute) Skype (with video; per minute) Streaming video (standard definition; per minute) Streaming video (high definition; per minute) E-mail (with document or spreadsheet attached) E-mail smartphone photo (good resolution) Weather chart update Streaming music (per minute) App, game, or music download So what does all of this mean in real life? Some typical activities that may take place on your vessel per day: 1 game download Comparison of Airtime Costs 2 e-mails on smartphone with photos (good resolution) 1 weather chart update 1 ECDIS chart update Total per Month (Total per Day x 30.4) With mini-VSAT Broadband this would cost $249/month. With FleetBroadband, it would be $1,560/month! KVH mini-­‐VSAT Broadband KVH Industries A/S EMEA Headquarters Kokkedal, Denmark Tel: +45 45 160 180 Fax: +45 45 160 181 E-mail: info@emea.kvh.com © 2008-2013, KVH Industries, Inc. Subject to change without notice KVH Industries, Inc. World Headquarters Middletown, RI U.S.A. Tel: +1 401 847 3327 Fax: +1 401 849 0045 E-mail: info@kvh.com KVH is a registered trademark of KVH Industries, Inc. KVH Industries Pte Ltd. Asia-Pacific Headquarters Singapore Tel: +65 6513 0290 Fax: +65 6472 3469 E-mail: info@apac.kvh.com mini-VSAT Broadband is a service mark of KVH Industries, Inc.