Category: Starlink

  • Connectivity Solution on Island Atoll

    Connectivity Solution on Island Atoll

    We have recently been approached by a new customer requiring two internet solution for their residentials on an island Atoll. They came to us asking for speed and reliability to minimise business disruption when spending time on their little island in this remote paradise. Considering the remote location of the instal, we wanted to keep the solutions as easy and simple as possible, minimizing instal requirements and remote support.

    This will allow employees on the atoll to deploy the solution, with our team remotely setting it up, to cut travel costs. We decided to opt for a combination of Cellular and the Starlink High Performance Flat Panel, with a Peplink BR1 Pro 5G as central router. This combination has been extensively tested by our team, achieving great results in terms of speed and reliability for the internet connection. The single Peplink web interface is also extremely user-friendly, even for clients to make minor adjustments to their network if they require so.

    Island Atoll Solution Diagram

    To make these two solutions even more resilient and bulletproof, we implemented Iridium GO! as a backup, ready to kick in in case of extreme bad weather and/or temporary Starlink Network connectivity issues. This will allow the residents and guests of the Atoll to live fully life in paradise, stay connected with all the digital comforts as they were on mainland. This solution worked so well in this location that we decided to deploy it on a 51ft sailing catamaran that is mostly sailing in the same area. The owner asked for fast internet, an easy single interface to manage the network, and satellite connection as backup. This combination of Peplink with Starlink, and Iridium GO! as back up is exactly what the customer was looking for.

  • Starlink Maritime

    Starlink Maritime

    Going where it matters!

     

    You’ve seen the hype, you’ve seen the satellites, let’s bring it down to earth and check out what it can do for marine. This means that the 2500+ satellites currently orbiting the earth will be able to provide high-speed data to the maritime industry.

     
     

    Global Marine has several successful installations into marine environments with exceptional results. The antenna is compact and easy to install into existing domes to aesthetically replace redundant satellite systems.

    SpaceX states that Starlink Maritime can offer up to 350Mbps with impressive latency when stacked up against fibre or wire connections. This is previously unheard of in marine and satellite solutions have been synonymous with outlandish data and hardware prices. Starlink Maritime sells for $10’000 USD with a monthly fee of $5’000 on pay as you go plans, it’s no wonder the maritime sector is chomping at the bit to get these.

     

    Satellite communications systems boast a speed of “up to 10Mbps” on what they call high-speed, and a hardware cost of $30’000+ for some models. Not only is the Starlink Maritime about to blow the commercial marine industry away, but the residential product has been proven to work on moving vessel too.

     

    This sits at a much more affordable price for the every day boat owner at NZD $1040 for hardware (+ Shipping and handling fee) and a fixed rate of NZD $199 per month (Standard fee $159, roaming/portability fee $40).