"Mark Pate" wrote in message ...
"Julian" wrote in message
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I had come across the Regional BGAN stuff while I was Googling to
try and find out more details of the upcoming Inmarsat4 stuff being
put into orbit at the moment. It seems to be being positioned as the
global
equivalent to Regional BGAN but I couldn't fing any solid data on
speed or price yet.

- Julian


According to some other blurb that I have read, the speeds are in excess of
432kbit/s, but this service is not due out until 2004.

Thanks. That sounds about right. I'm dying to know what the pricing is going
to be when this is finally available. Given that I can't afford my dream boat for
at least another 5 years I would hope that by that time the Inmarsat4 offerings
will have started to become affordable. I'm sure it's going to cost a fortune for
the first few years after launch but once they figure they've milked the early
adopters then prices should start to fall.

- Julian.