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I have always enjoyed the safety of having a marine grade sat phone. This week I see KVH announces the V3 guess what I had a SeaTel on GlobalStar (junk), then I got a TracPhone 252 great phone but only 9600 baud on data, got a Skipper 150 on Fleet Broadband ok data at 150kbps but at $12.00 per mb pretty darn expensive, but decent phone rates now this week KVH releases the TracPhone V3 VSAT guess what 2mbps at .99 per Meg and .49 for calls per minute. All in a 14.5" dish" I am tired of being the 1st to have everything. Same with my FLIR a few months later they come out with a CAT5 controlled version. I can't win so I give up!
Bill
 
I've got a pretty strict policy that I follow: Never buy the first model year of anything...especially boats. Basically never buy a boat new either.

When it comes to gadets like phones, if it makes & recieves calls I'm happy. I don't own a smartphone yet. Maybe getting first one next month. We have a 4 month RV trip coming up & figure getting up to the minute wx information while on the road could be useful otherwise we would continue with the tracphone voice & text only phone.

No need to be first on the block to have a toy here.
 
Say it ain't so, Bill! You're a committed early adopter upon whom the rest of us faithfully rely to try out the latest electronic stuff and report here what works best and what doesn't (for which we are eternally grateful). Who'll we turn to? No, methinks this is a mere blip. When the next cool gadget comes out will you really look the other way? I think no.
 
The first step to recovery is recognizing you have a problem...breaking that early adopter habit is a tough one, and i don't think they have gum or a patch for it :)
 
Most newly released electronic items or new technology have high price tag. It's up to the buyer to decide if he wants to be first in line. After a period of time the price goes down and more features or enhancements added. Things like HDTV is a good example. Entry level was over $2000 for a 32". Now they are 1/5 the price. If you wanna play the game, you have to pay the price.
 
C'mon!
You're always ahead of the curve! A trend-setter!

Don't let us down now!
 
I gave up on "Ver. 1.0" a long time ago. Usually a) costs too much, and b) is buggy.

"Ver. 7.136" is usually selling at a discount, and is solid as a rock.
 
As I recall, while the per Meg price is low, the monthly service charge ain't.
 
http://www.kvh.com/v3/ WOW, that is SWEEEEEET!!! But at $14k, I think I'll stick with my $60/month unlimited Verizon global data roaming for the one month out of the year I'm not in the US on the boat. I've got the "getting less than sucky" Globalstar phone for $25/month unlimited with the "still sucky" 9k worth of bandwidth for the few places Verizon doesn't reach with my amp and antenna system. Crap, it's vacation for me on that month, and the rest of the time I'm in the Chesapeake with plenty of access via Verizon or Wi-Fi.

Bill, trust me, you're fine with your Skipper 150 for many years to come.
 
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Originally posted by Radioactive

I gave up on "Ver. 1.0" a long time ago. Usually a) costs too much, and b) is buggy.

"Ver. 7.136" is usually selling at a discount, and is solid as a rock.

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I have almost never seen a KVH product or service fee come down in price. It's not the equipment it is the service fees. At least with the 150 Fleet Broadband there is no monthly charge. I only get invoiced for monthly use.
I have only used the data a few times for testing. I have used the phone SVC but the charges were reasonable.
Bill
 
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