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any of the many BGAN Terminals. Only the extreme polar regions are unable to connect because line-of-sight to the orbiting satellite is not possible. Services available through a BGAN terminal are High-Speed Internet, Phone, Fax, ISDN, SMS Texting, and Streaming services, which are simply unshared Internet channels used by video/news broadcasters. Inmarsat has been a leader of global satellite communications services for over 30 years, and they license several manufactures to develop BGAN Terminals that communicate with any of the orbiting Inmarsat satellites. Ground Control offers all available BGAN terminals including two that we've developed, the MCD-4800 and the MCD-727.
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BGAN has different Internet speeds depending on the kind of terminal used... click here for BGAN comparison chart. Testing in on a Hughes 9201 showed actual speeds between 300 to 420Kbps in both directions. Latency (or ping times) over the BGAN network are between 900 and 1700 milliseconds. (Actual ping test was on a BGAN located in California pinging a California website that showed a 950 milliseconds ping time in May, 2011). NOTE - If BGAN Max is installed, latency and other performance Issues of applications can be mitigated considerably since BGAN Max uses packet spoofing protocols among other optimizing routines. BGAN Max is a background application that works with our servers, that both improves performance of all applications running AND performs on-the-fly compression for reducing overall data transferred, which reduces service costs. BGAN Max service is included at no additional cost with all Ground Control BGAN subscribers.
Why are there so many BGAN terminals? What are the differences?
We agree it does appear confusing at first. There are more than 17 different kinds of BGAN terminals that all do the pretty much the same thing, which is connecting to Internet and voice calling. Some BGAN terminals have Wi-Fi, some are a bit faster than others, some are more rugged than others, some are better for broadcasting live news reports. Here is a BGAN Comparison Chart. Inmarsat allows manufactures to create BGAN terminals and the result is that the market is very competitive.
What is BGAN MAX and how does it cut the cost of BGAN Service?
Ground Control has powerful BGAN servers that optimize any BGAN connection by running a small utility on any connected computer. BGAN Max compresses various file types on-the-fly for up to 80% reduction of information being transferred over the network. An 80% reduction of information means that a dollar of services lasts 5 times longer. On top of this, these same BGAN servers use packet spoofing technology reducing the cross-talk between applications, such as loading any web page goes from 25 seconds to 5-7 seconds. More information on Ground Control's BGAN MAX.
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to 50 degrees before they are aiming directly at it. This makes pointing a breeze since satellites are easily found. They all have an audible beeping that raises in frequency when the satellite is found. Simply position the BGAN to attain the highest frequency possible and press the registration button (which is different for each terminal). There is software that may be installed on a laptop called "BGAN Launchpad" that can help with aiming and registration. When you run the Launchpad software, it will communicate with any connected BGAN, and display elevation and compass heading of the closest BGAN satellite (once GPS has been automatically found). This can take out much of the guesswork of pointing a system. Most BGAN terminals have a built-in compass so finding the correct direction is not difficult. Pointing normally takes between 1 to 3 minutes.
The Sim Card is a small plastic chip that activates the terminal. Like a cell phone, it is the Sim Card that contains the account information. A Sim Card will work in any BGAN terminal from any manufacturer. You may own multiple Sim Cards, each with its own account. This is good for teams of people that can all have their own individual card/account but use the same BGAN terminal. Simply insert the Sim Card you wish to use, and turn the terminal on. Nothing else needs to be configured if the Sim Cards are from the same provider. More Information on BGAN Sim Cards
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More Information on BGAN Streaming Services and Prices with Ground Control.
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Enabling Wi-Fi on BGAN a terminal will draw extra power from the battery. If you plan to run off battery for an extended period of time, we recommend turning off the wireless and use an Ethernet cable.
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Ground Control offers a highly configurable online BGAN Firewall options to create rock solid whitelists or blacklists for connectivity at no additional cost. We also offer other Security Options For BGAN including private networking and BGAN VPN.
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Wideye Sabre 1 192.168.1.35 Wideye Ranger 192.168.1.35 Explorer 100/110 192.168.0.1 Explorer 300 192.168.0.1 Explorer 500 192.168.0.1 Explorer 700 192.168.0.1 Hughes 9201 192.168.128.100 Hughes 9202 192.168.128.100 Hughes 9502 192.168.128.100 MCD-4800 The Football 192.168.128.200 MCD-727 192.168.0.1
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