Connectivity for Remote Oil, Gas, and Mining Sites That Can’t Afford to Go Dark

Why Remote Oil, Gas and Mining Sites Lose Internet

At US land sites, the FCC’s national broadband map (the US government’s map of internet coverage) usually shows what field teams already know: coverage is thin, patchy or missing. The problems usually come from the same few causes:

• One cellular carrier. When one provider covers the site, one dead zone means total silence.
• Weather and terrain. Storms weaken satellite signals, and mountains or thick forest block cell towers.
• Moving equipment. Vehicles and rigs moving around the site pass in and out of coverage all day.
• Heavy monitoring traffic. Sensor readings, safety cameras and video calls with head office all compete for the same thin internet connection.

Why Using Starlink and Cellular Together Keeps Remote Sites Online

Satellite and cellular fail in different ways, which is why using both works. Starlink stays strong where cell towers don’t reach, and cellular keeps working in weather that weakens a satellite dish. Speedify uses both at the same time instead of keeping one on standby, so the site’s traffic always flows over whichever internet connection is working best at that moment. It’s the same idea as using Starlink and 5G together for business internet, applied to a drilling pad or mine site instead of an office.

How Speedify Keeps Sensor Data, Safety Cameras and Calls Online at Remote Sites

Readings from equipment sensors and control systems, safety camera feeds and voice calls between the site and the control room all need to work at the same time, not take turns on one internet connection. Speedify spreads this traffic across every internet connection at once, so it all shares their combined speed. If one internet connection weakens or drops, Speedify moves the traffic to the others, and the call or live feed stays connected instead of dropping and reconnecting.

Security, Private Servers and Data Location for Regulated Field Operations

Industrial operators handling sensitive operational data need more than uptime. Speedify encrypts all internet traffic on every internet connection. For operators that must keep data on their own servers, Speedify Self-Hosted Servers run Speedify on the operator’s own servers. For private server capacity without running it yourself, Speedify Dedicated Servers give you a server that nobody else shares, for sites with rules about where data may go.

For fixed installations, a Powered by Speedify router combines the internet connections for the whole site, so every device, from laptops to fixed sensors, shares one secure internet connection without Speedify installed on each one.

How to Roll Out Speedify Across Remote Sites and Vehicles

Rolling out Speedify across several sites follows the same steps each time:

1. Check which internet connections each site can get: cellular carriers in range, a clear view of the sky for satellite, and any existing wired lines.
2. Install a Powered by Speedify router at fixed locations, and Speedify directly on vehicle laptops and field tablets.
3. In the Speedify app, choose Redundant Mode, which sends the same data over two internet connections at once, where staying connected matters more than speed, or Speed Mode, which spreads traffic for the most combined speed.
4. Download Speedify on any new vehicle or portable equipment you add.

Speedify can’t create a signal where none exists. Speedify needs at least two working internet connections at a site to help. A site with only Starlink and no cellular signal runs on that one internet connection until you add a second, and a site with no cellular coverage and a blocked view of the sky will still struggle, whatever software runs on top.

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For oil, gas and mining operators: Speedify can combine satellite, cellular and wired internet at every site and in every vehicle. Contact Us to plan the rollout.

For crews on rigs and mine sites: Download Speedify to use the site Wi-Fi together with your phone’s cellular data wherever you get a signal.

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