Data Connection - Furuno Felcom 250 Operator's Manual

5. WEB SOFTWARE
5.4

Data Connection

There are two types of IP packet communication services:
Service
Standard IP
packet com-
munication
(Best effort
packet)
Streaming IP
packet com-
munication
*: The streaming IP packet communication method provides uninterrupted transmis-
sion of audio and video, provided you are within the guaranteed bandwidth. However,
if you can accept broken audio and video, you can use the standard IP communica-
tion. When selecting which service to use, consider whether stable communication or
communication fee is important.
Note: The cost of streaming IP packet communication may be unexpectedly high, so
please use caution.
5-6
Description
Speed of the com- • Max. 284
munication service
is not guaranteed.
Since the band-
width is shared by • Max. 432
many vessels, com-
munication speed
varies depending
on the number of
vessels that com-
municate at the
same time.
Provider guaran- Can select 8,
tees connection 16, 32, 64,
speed. 128, 256
kbps (256
kbps FEL-
COM 500
only).
Connection Payment
speed method
Fee based
kbps
on amount
(FELCOM of data
250)
kbps
(FELCOM
500)
Fee based
on connec-
tion time
Use
• E-mail
• Internet / Intranet
• Update ship voy-
age information
• Database search
• Electronic trade
• Web browsing
• Video conferenc-
es or moving pic-
ture delivery*
• Transmit photo-
graphic data*
• Streaming video*