That article was referring to the O3b constellation. It looks like they are hoping to do well with the forthcoming mPower constellation: https://www.seatrade-cruise.com/information-technology/ses-meet-soaring-cruise-bandwidth-demand-o3b-mpower But it looks like Starlink is aggressively seeking their business: https://advanced-television.com/2022/06/14/starlink-to-supply-royal-caribbean-cruise-ships/ Both seem to think they have the capacity to serve thousands of passengers on a cruise ship. At what cost? It's cool to see some direct competition. They will compete with OneWeb in Alaska/Arctic too. [https://www.seatrade-cruise.com/sites/seatrade-cruise.com/files/CRUISE_SES_SCG_Greg_Martin.jpg] SES to meet soaring cruise bandwidth demand with O3b mPOWER Its next-generation O3b mPOWER satellites going up later this year with Boeing and SpaceX will be capable of delivering multi-gigabit connectivity.The first six of 11 satellites are scheduled for launch in the third quarter. Service is expected to begin in early 2023. 'There's a lot of excitement about the launch of our new service and the upgrades coming with [mPOWER] over the next six to ... www.seatrade-cruise.com ________________________________ From: Starlink on behalf of David Fernández via Starlink Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2022 6:41 AM To: starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net Subject: Re: [Starlink] starlink at sea (Larry Press) > Does SES offer marine connectivity? Yes, to Royal Caribbean, through O3b. Or maybe not anymore... https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2014/03/21/royal-caribbeans-oasis-of-the-seas-and-allure-of-the-seas-get-high-speed-internet-upgrade__;!!P7nkOOY!pQeHtQRO4FJjbXUbjSey8UpXsE6jIy6Qcmopz78_pBCXybnSQISefVEqMTcpPFMjzulxwcq7h80A8mdTMlfbJf5SEQ$ David F. > Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2022 05:46:44 +0000 > From: Larry Press > To: "Gary E. Miller" , David Lang > Cc: Dave Taht via Starlink > Subject: Re: [Starlink] starlink at sea > Message-ID: > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > <$50k/month (for all their boats) > > Do they have ten ships? > > >$150k/month with much better service > > Is that for uncapped service from a GEO? What speeds do they get for that? > Do GEO folks like Hughes offer SLAs to business customers? > > Does SES offer marine connectivity? > > Russian oligarchs will be early customers. > > Larry Press > > ________________________________ _______________________________________________ Starlink mailing list Starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/starlink__;!!P7nkOOY!pQeHtQRO4FJjbXUbjSey8UpXsE6jIy6Qcmopz78_pBCXybnSQISefVEqMTcpPFMjzulxwcq7h80A8mdTMleGfod0Iw$