The fixed costs arrangements provided by VSAT (basically a dedicated link to a communications satellite) are proving attractive to ship operators, as is the range of uses to which that link can be put, according to a survey by Ship Equip of Norway.rnAverage monthly data transmissions for the 770 ships using the company's satellite broadband system SEVSAT (Ship Equip VSAT) increased from 9.1 GB/ship/month in April 2009 to 19.7GB in April 2010.
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