L Band

Offered by Inmarsat and Iridium, L Band is an alternative satellite frequency providing extremely reliable communications across the world and has been used for the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System for many years.  

Its voice and the data services are much slower than VSAT and are generally only used for email, browsing and small downloads.

Truly global, L Band is a good safety backup and useful for remote region data connectivity at slow speeds. Airtime is supplied via our Inmarsat Maritime and Marlink for Iridium.