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Re:Starlink Maritime by pigtailgirl on Thursday July 07, 2022 @03:59PM (#32018586)
-- coverage is literally perfect for anywhere I take my (imaginary) yacht! - south of france? check! italian riviera? check! miami? Check! LA? Check! $5k a month? In YachtLand $5/mth is pocket change --
Re:Starlink Maritime by bombcar on Thursday July 07, 2022 @04:12PM (#32018725)
Exactly. The customers who will buy this will add it alongside their existing Iridium setup, for faster speeds when able.
Re:Starlink Maritime by dzhiurgis on Thursday July 07, 2022 @05:15PM (#32019542)
And for us actual realistic ones - a lot of anchorages around Europe have pretty decent LTE to work with. You won't be able to work while on passage anyway.
Re:Starlink Maritime by dfadsadsf on Thursday July 07, 2022 @08:09PM (#32021369)
We did a month of boat touring around Italy/ex-Yugoslavia last year and mobile coverage in anchorages is very much hit or miss. Generally ok for browsing but video calls worked ok may be 30% time. Essentially you can't count that you can take work call and have decent experience. Huge inconvenience. I had a few "can't miss" calls and essentially I had to get to city 1-2 hours beforehand and then look for hotel/coffeeshop with decent wifi .
Re:Starlink Maritime by roflyear on Thursday July 07, 2022 @07:01PM (#32020763)
It's true that sometimes $5k is pocket change when owning a boat :(