RedPort Optimizer Features
Optimizer is a satellite WiFi hotspot and firewall. Simply connect Optimizer to your satellite phone or broadband terminal and it will create a WiFi hotspot for your computer, tablet or smartphone. XGate satellite data service works with Optimizer to let you access accelerated email, web browsing, download your favorite weather files, or post to Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn. Most importantly, you can avoid runaway satellite phone airtime bills thanks to Optimizer’s powerful firewall.
RedPort Optimizer and XGate satellite email service work together to save you time and money – while connecting you to the people and information you need. Optimizer requires a RedPort- certified data service like XGate in order to work. Optimizer’s built-in firewall blocks all traffic except that carried through XGate. This means that once the link is established data flows through the pipe at optimum speeds, giving you the best possible transfer rate. Since nothing traverses the router except XGate email and XWeb compressed web data, unwanted traffic is eliminated. This prevents surprise airtime bills caused by unmonitored and unwanted background computer traffic such as operating system and other software updates.
RedPort Optimizer eliminates the problems associated with USB cables, and boasts a firewall that eliminates all unnecessary computer traffic, giving you access to the maximum throughput of your satellite phone data service. Indeed, the built in firewall blocks ALL traffic except that carried through a RedPort-certified data service like XGate, a branded version of XGate, or Iridium Mail & Web. This means that once the link is established data flows through the pipe at optimum speeds giving you the best possible transfer rate.
This allows you to browse the Internet with XWeb compression increasing the effective bandwidth of the connection while reducing airtime costs. Since nothing traverses the router except XGate email and XWeb compressed web data, unwanted traffic is eliminated. This prevents surprise airtime bills caused by unmonitored and unwanted background computer traffic such as operating system and other software updates.
Optimizer works with compatible software services running on a laptop, more about doctor malady tablet or smartphone to provide:
Email – Accelerate email service up to 20 times, decease saving up to 85% on satellite airtime
Web – Access compressed web pages an average of 3-5 times faster than normal
GRIB Weather – Get free GRIB files via email from online services
NEW! Mobile Weather – See local forecasts based on your location using your iOS or Android device.
Social Media – Update Facebook, recipe LinkedIn and Twitter over satellite
Tracking – Automatically sends your phone or terminal’s built-in GPS data to a compatible tracking service
Blogging Service – Get a free Sailblogs Premium Basic account with a compatible service.
XGate Satellite Data Service
Optimizer requires a subscription to a RedPort-certified data service program like XGate satellite data service in order to establish a connection with a satellite phone or terminal.
RedPort Optimizer Airtime Savings for Satellite Email and Web
Using the RedPort Optimizer with Mac, Windows, or iOS devices accelerates satellite phone data transfers: up to 15-20 times faster for email, and 3-5 times faster for web browsing. Designed explicitly to make the most of the narrowband satellite phones and terminals (like handheld satellite phones), the RedPort Optimizer uses XGate compression data service to automatically dial, start and end data calls, and eliminate the unnecessary demands common with most computing devices, giving you automatic and complete access to the data feed.
RedPort Optimizer Web Features Via XWeb
Perfect for use with satellite broadband terminals and slow WiFi or cellular connections, XWeb accelerates data by a factor of 3 to 5 times, making your connection fast and less expensive. Features include ad removal, pop-up removal, flattening of animated images, and highly efficient compression. Learn about XWeb here.
XGate Email and XWeb Access other IP-based Services
You can use XGate and XWeb with any internet connection available to you: satellite, land-based WiFi connections, GSM cellular networks, and directly connected to any IP-based wireless service.