For example, equipping an aircraft with Boeing’s Connexion service1 has cost about US$500,000, and equipping a ship costs $60,000.
Additionally, such services have monthly fees —more than $1,000 per month per ship using Connexion.
Sufficient customer demand can help distribute costs, such as on a long-haul airplane, which usually carries more than 500 passengers over 24 hours.
However, remote locations, cargo or small ships, and so on don’t have the means to distribute high base costs over many clients.