COBHAM AVIATOR 700 - Background Information, Classic Aero and Swift64 Services

Chapter 1: Introduction
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Introduction
Airtime pricing principles
When using the connections of your system note that the
circuit switched services and streaming classes (packet
switched) are charged by the time the service is being used,
while the standard IP and SMS services (packet switched)
are charged by the volume of data transferred.
The following image shows how the various applications are supported by
the SwiftBroadband service.
For information on service availability see AVIATOR 700 Services on
page 4.
Background information, Classic Aero and Swift64
services
The Classic Aero services have a lower tariff than the Swift64 services,
which are high quality audio or high speed data services and thus require
more bandwidth.
Classic Aero services
The Classic Aero (H
+
) service supports near terrestrial-quality Voice at
4.8 kbps, over 2 different physical channels in both global- and spot beam.
This means that the user can have 2 voice connections up at all times. This
can be 2 incoming, 2 outgoing or 1 incoming and 1 outgoing connection.
This service is less expensive than an ISDN connection, with only a small
cost in voice-quality.
Besides using the two voice-channels for voice, one or both of the channels
can be used for a modem or fax connection. In both circumstances, the
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Airtime pricing for SwiftBroadband services
Circuit switched service Packet switched service Messaging
service
SMS
service
Charged by time Charged by volume
Standard
Voice
4 kbps
64 kbps
3.1 kHz
Audio
ISDN
Standard
IP
(Internet,
e-mail,
FTP.)
Streaming IP (video, audio)
128
kbps
64
kbps
32
kbps
16
kbps
8
kbps
X-Stream
512
kbps