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By installing a simply utility on any connected computer using the BGAN network or Fleet Broadband network, your speeds are increased, and your overall data usage is reduced. Ground Control's network servers have been upgraded to push the limits of Inmarsat's technology. All BGAN or FleetBroadband accounts with Ground Control have access to this free service.
While the actual Kilobits-Per-Second a BGAN/FB terminal can transmit or receive has not changed, what has is the efficiency of an application running over the network. Before where a web page would take 30 seconds to load now takes a few seconds with acceleration. This net-gain benefit is the result of how information is processed over the network. Powerful servers act as proxy to your computer's request into the Internet. The data received is repackage and transmitted in a form ideal for satellite communication... In both directions.
The result is that applications and browsing are faster ...Much faster.
In addition to load-times being reduced and application speeds being increased, these same powerful servers resample all sorts of files and compress them automatically. With a simply click of a button, choose from zero compression all to 80%. Compression will work differently with various file types, but the result is a significant reduction of data transferred without sacrificing quality of the experience. Less data transferred means staying within your subscription longer.
EXAMPLE 1A - NORMAL WEB PAGE WITH NO COMPRESSION
EXAMPLE 1B - OPTIMIZED WEB PAGE WITH 80% REDUCTION SETTING
Note only the images in the examples above show marked difference. The text is nearly identical because text on web pages are a very small part of the page data.
BGAN Max compression works on these common file types and applications:
 Web pages on Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Netscape 7
E-Mail (SNTP, POP3, IMAP4)
All Image Files
Office Documents (MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint, PDF, and others)
Javascript and CGI
FTP
Employing simple optimization to your connection will make BGAN competitive with other satellite platforms. BGAN only charges on what you use, so if you are using optimization to reduce your usages by 80%, along with other optimization tricks, then BGAN becomes a very viable alternative no matter where you're located on the planet.
BGAN MAX is available for Windows 2000, XP, Vista, and Windows 7.
Questions? Live Chat Now Phone 805-783-4600 sales@groundcontrol.com
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