What is the difference between BGAN systems and Mobile Satellite Dishes?
BGAN terminals are extremely portable and cost less than the satellite dish systems. They can be carried in a regular sized laptop case and connect anywhere for high speed Internet, phone and faxing. The bigger mobile satellite dishes weigh between 75 to 100 lbs and need to be mounted on a vehicle roof, or crated in a fly away box. Also, they are not assigned phone numbers and do not support non-voip phone or faxing without additional equipment. Transmitting data over a BGAN terminal is more expensive than a satellite dish system, but if you need portable high speed access, BGAN is the best solution.
BGAN terminals are extremely portable and cost less than the satellite dish systems. They can be carried in a regular sized laptop case and connect anywhere for high speed Internet, phone and faxing. The bigger mobile satellite dishes weigh between 75 to 200 lbs and need to be mounted on a vehicle roof, or crated in a flyaway case. Also, they are not assigned phone numbers and do not support non-voip phone or faxing without additional equipment. Transmitting data over a BGAN terminal is more expensive than a satellite dish system, but if you need portable high speed access, BGAN is the best solution.
