A Speedify Dedicated Speed Server is a private server hosted and maintained by Speedify that only your team can access. This is the right choice when your operation requires a static IP address for whitelisting in operational software or remote monitoring systems, or when you need more predictable throughput than a shared server provides.

Key specs:

• Up to 1 Gbps throughput
• 3 TB of bandwidth per month (more available on request)
• Static IPv4 address: for IP whitelisting and consistent endpoint identity
• Port forwarding support
• Guaranteed SLA: 1 day of free service per hour of downtime
• Available in multiple global locations — choose the server location closest to your platform's area of operation

Speedify Dedicated Speed Servers are available as an add-on to any Speedify plan.

A Speedify Self-Hosted Server lets your organization run Speedify's server software on infrastructure you fully control: a cloud provider like AWS or Azure, or your own physical hardware.

This option is the right fit for organizations that:

• Have a strict requirement to keep all network traffic on infrastructure they own and manage
• Need the server placed in a geographic location not covered by Speedify's managed server network
• Have an internal IT team capable of managing Docker-based server software and handling updates

The Speedify Self-Hosted Server runs in Docker containers on Linux. Speedify provides the server software and the license. Your team handles setup, maintenance, and ongoing management.

The Enterprise Self-Hosted Server license supports up to 1,000 simultaneous sessions, enough for large platform deployments or multi-platform rollouts.

Step 1: Choose your Speedify deployment option

For platform-wide coverage: start with Speedify for Routers.

For per-device crew installs: start with Speedify Teams.

For private server infrastructure: add a Dedicated Speed Server to a Teams account, or contact Speedify about a Self-Hosted Server license.

Step 2: Set up your Speedify account

Go to speedify.com/for-teams to create a Speedify for Teams account, or go to speedify.com/features/routers to purchase a Speedify Router License.

Step 3: Install Speedify and connect your internet connections

For router deployments: install Speedify on your OpenWrt, GL.iNet, or Miri router using the Speedify install script. Sign in using your Speedify account credentials and activate your Router License. Then configure all available internet connections (Starlink satellite, 4G/5G cellular, wired broadband) as WAN interfaces in your router and add them in the Speedify router interface.

For Teams deployments: invite crew members from the Teams Dashboard. Each team member installs the Speedify app on their device and signs in.

Step 4: Set connection priorities

In Speedify, assign your primary internet connections (Starlink, 4G/5G cellular) to "Always" priority. Assign any backup internet connections to "Backup" priority. Speedify uses the priority settings to decide how to weigh and fail over between internet connections.

Step 5: Choose your Speedify bonding mode

For most offshore platforms, Speedify's Redundant Mode is the right choice. Speedify sends each data packet over multiple internet connections simultaneously — protecting real-time VoIP calls, video conferencing, and operational data transfers even when one or more internet connections are heavily degraded.

For platforms where maximum upload and download speeds are the priority, use Speed Mode to distribute all traffic across bonded internet connections for up to 95% of their combined throughput.

Step 6: Manage users from the Teams Dashboard

Use the Speedify Teams Dashboard to add or remove users as crew rotations change, monitor internet connection performance across the platform, and view usage analytics, all from a single web console.

Oil rigs and offshore platforms can't afford to lose internet connectivity at any time. If that happens, then:

• VoIP calls drop. 
• Remote monitoring systems go offline. 
• Crew communications fail. 

When the only internet connection you have is a satellite dish pointed at the sky, any outage becomes an operational problem which ends up costing a lot more money than making sure you have a solid internet connectivity solution for your oil rig.

Speedify is already running on offshore oil rigs and marine platforms. Speedify uses channel bonding technology to combine multiple internet connections at the same time: Starlink and other satellite internet, 4G/5G cellular, Wi-Fi, Ethernet. This results in faster internet upload and download speeds and a more reliable and secure internet connection. 

If any single internet connection slows down or drops out, Speedify automatically moves all traffic to the remaining active internet connections. Crew devices and operational systems on oil rigs stay online without any manual intervention.

Here's what using Speedify to use any combination of Wi-Fi, Starlink, 4G/5G cellular, Ethernet and other types of internet connections means in practice for your oil rig platform:

• No single point of failure. Speedify combines all available internet connections simultaneously. Losing one internet connection doesn't interrupt anyone's work.
• Faster upload and download speeds. Speedify uses up to 95% of the combined throughput of all bonded internet connections, not just the fastest single internet connection.
• Built-in VPN encryption. All internet traffic passing through Speedify is encrypted, protecting operational data and crew communications.
• Redundant Mode for critical operations. Speedify sends each internet data packet over all available internet connections at the same time. The first data packet to arrive is used; the rest are discarded. Even heavily degraded internet connections won't interrupt real-time communications.
• Centralized management. Network administrators manage all users, monitor internet connection performance, and view usage analytics from a single web console from anywhere.

In our experience so far with deploying Speedify on oil rigs, the most reliable offshore setup bonds Starlink (or VSAT) satellite internet with 4G/5G cellular internet connections from one or more maritime carriers. Also, two Starlink satellite internet connections give you more bandwidth, but both still rely on the same satellite network infrastructure. If Starlink or the satellite system has a widespread outage, both internet connections go down at the same time.

Combining Starlink satellite internet with a 4G/5G cellular internet connection from a different provider gives Speedify two genuinely independent internet connections to bond - diversifying your internet connections is the best way to ensure maximum reliability and performance.

Every offshore deployment is different. The Speedify team works with organizations that need custom engineering support, help selecting the right server infrastructure, or assistance scaling across multiple platforms.