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If you look at maritime traffic [1], the size of the market becomes clear.

I guess pretty much any boat will instantly buy it. There's just nothing comparable and even with smaller crews, it's well worth it. It makes communication with vessels much easier, in addition to the advantages for the crew.

I wonder if cruise ships will install several of those to provide internet to all passengers?

[1] https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:-12.0/cent...

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If you're just going sailing for a few months a year and you're not working remotely while onboard, it may be a tough sell.

It depends of course, but generally marine equipment is extremely expensive and if you want maps for navigation/fishing with different data like tides, fishing areas and many others, you'll pay a yearly subscription for that map region, and it ain't cheap either. And that's just for maps. Add to this some cloud monitoring service that also will cost something.

> Pay As You Go

> Starlink Maritime offers the ability to pause and un-pause service at any time, and is billed in one month increments, allowing users to customize their service to their individual needs.

So you'd only be out the $500 or whatever for the dish when you're not using the service. Given maritime pricing on things, that's cheap. (As everyone knows, BOAT stands for break out another $thousand.)

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