On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 14:08:21 +0100, "Julian" wrote:

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.

Given that Inmarsat is offering US$3000 or more worth of free airtime to
early adopters of Fleet & other marine broadband systems, I'd be pretty sure
the monthly bills will be outside the reach of most yachties! :-)

Dave