ONBOARD Magazine summer 2019

VSAT
Unifying Communications
Mobile 3G/4G
Portmax
Broadbeam
Single contract
associated to
multiple SIM
cards
Management
portal
Connectivity
Convergence
Integration with
your existing
systems
24/7 NOC
support
TO RECEIVE HIGHER-CAPACITY,
HIGHER-SPEED CONNECTIVITY,
YACHTS MAY NEED TO REVIEW
THEIR EXISTING ANTENNAS
and service and expect the same standard as a good 5-star hotel.
“The charter season is finite, so this itself presents logistical
problems. We buy and manage our data in real-time, so we
can change the speed of VSAT onboard in a matter of seconds
compared to others. “I’ve never understood why yachts should
be tied to long contracts because why would a yacht want to
pay for high bandwidth capacity when there’s no one onboard?
The flexibility that we provide presents challenges at times,
but we have plenty of headroom on our networks anyway and
we always ensure seasonal capacity to cope with the unusually
high demands.
“Buying and managing our own satellite capacity in real time,
means we can deal instantaneously with requests and can wind
it back when that demand subsides, or normally when guests
depart that is.”
The concept of flexible data plans allowing users to cope with
highly fluctuating data volume is supported by OmniAccess,
whose Plexus Controller provides an easy to use tool for network
selection, monitoring and controlling user traffic. OmniAccess
Deputy CEO, Carlos Carbajal, told me, “The ‘like-home’ experience
OMNIACCESS
OmniAccess provides you with unparalleled NextGen
Broadbeam VSAT speeds of up to 400Mbps, local
WiFi networks as well their NextGen iO mobile
(4G) data plans. These various networks are
integrated through their cutting-edge traffic-steering
application, so as to always provide you with the
best connectivity experience depending on your
requirements, whether this be for latency sensitive
apps or for higher bandwidth needs such as HD video
streaming. To ensure all your networks run smoothly
their state-of-the-art Network Operations Centre is
available to you 24x7, should you ever encounter a
complication or require support from the team.
For more details Tel: +34 971 01 63 33
or visit www.omniaccess.com
lies in combining different technologies available (WIFI, 4G/5G,
VSAT) and being able to steer traffic through the correct channel
depending on the requirements of the specific application. Video
streaming, data download or uploads are not latency sensitive
and can be channelled through our VSAT connection, whilst
gaming or video-conferencing is better channelled through 4G
or Wifi, when available.”
Plexus Controller appears to be well up to the job when Carlos
said, “Plexus TV will compress high bandwidth video into a
smaller IP stream whilst ensuring you retain HD video quality,
and our NextGen iO ‘traffic steering’ capability automatically
selects between VSAT, 4G/5G or local WiFi networks depending
on the device requirements and available connectivity.”
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