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RBGAN – Regional Broadband Global Area Network

Vangie Beal
Last Updated May 24, 2021 7:53 am

Short for Regional Broadband Global Area Network, the RBGAN network provides email and satellite internet access direct to portable terminals. The terminal is roughly the size of a laptop computer, and is connected to a standard PC using the plug and play features of the modem itself (USB, Ethernet, or Bluetooth).

RBGAN service is based on Internet Protocol (IP) and Packet-Data technologies. Subscribers are usually charged by the amount of data one transfers (per-Mbyte) rather than per minute service, where the charge is based on the amount of data sent and received, not the total time spent online.

See also BGAN