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Advantage is now offering satellite connectivity from Perth-based Sat.One, the master A/NZ distributor of Eutalsat OneWeb low Earth orbit satellite, as a new enterprise-grade internet connectivity option.
Managing director Brad Pearpoint said the goal was to introduce stable connectivity anywhere in New Zealand with service level guarantees.
“Where Sat.One differs is that its connectivity options are specifically designed for business use and supplied with associated support and assurances,” he said.
Prominent use cases included delivering a fully redundant link, independent of any terrestrial network.
“When Hurricane Gabrielle hit Gisborne, the cellular and fibre networks went down, leaving those areas stranded from a connectivity point of view,” Pearpoint said.
“With Sat.One as a failover, organisations in the region would have maintained their communications.”
The second use case was rural connectivity. Despite industry and government initiatives, the cost of extending land-based solutions to New Zealand’s sparsely populated regions remained prohibitive.
“At the same time, our primary industries are among the biggest export earners and comprise seven per cent of GDP,” Pearpoint said.
Sat.One offers connectivity from several satellite constellations including Eutalsat OneWeb. Its services include business access with multiple interconnect options, a committed information rate for business communications, and KU/KA bands, which mitigate rain fade and cloud coverage.
A range of user terminal options are available from recognised providers Hughes, Kymeta and Intellian for land-fixed, land-mobile and marine applications.
Sat.One’s point of difference was resilient service, delivered by taking advantage of the constellation services within its portfolio to deliver “multi-constellation” failover for critical applications.
“It’s 2024 and there is a persistent digital divide leaving behind our primary industries whether in the outback, out in the ocean or in rural New Zealand,” said Sat.One VP of sales and revenue Simon Barlow.
“Satellite technology, and particularly the high-speed low-latency connectivity offered by LEO connectivity, almost instantly solves this problem for a realistic cost to the customer and the provider.”
Even those with ready access to terrestrial services now had enterprise-class failover services available, he said.
Palmerston North-based national operator Advantage provides local, 24/7 support for One.Sat from its network operations centre in Wellington.
Features offered include static IP, cloud integration, private networking and MPLS support.