Fast and Easy
XGate satellite phone email is the easy way to access email while on the water or in remote locations. XGate is simply the fastest , easiest and most reliable satellite phone email available , saving you time, money and frustration.

Save time and money - 95% average data savings
Without XGate, satellite communication has a lot of hurdles: uncompressed email or web-browsing over slow data speeds means long wait times and expensive airtime bills.

Use dedicated mobile apps for Android and iOS
Use the popular XGate App for IOS or Android for fast and easy access to satellite email using the devices you already have. You can also access XGate webmail anywhere with a broadband connection or managed satellite broadband connection.

The Satellite Email Standard
XGate has been the world's most-widely used satellite email service for over 20 years, with innovative new features and services for satphone users. When you're in satellite coverage areas, you need a proven service you can trust. XGate is that service.

Works with Optimizer
XGate and Optimizer satellite Wi-Fi router work hand-in-hand to manage your satellite data connection and deliver the perfect suite of satellite communications. It's the easy way to access satellite email and/or manage your onboard network.

Works with Pulsar iO
XGate is the perfect companion to the Pulsar iO network management platform for commercial users or those with a more complex network configuration.

Satellite Phone Email

With XGate you get all the benefits of a full-featured email service – right over your satellite feed.

Weather Right To Your Inbox

Pivotel has marine software solutions for every level of sailor – from weekend cruisers to full time commercial fishermen. Easily get weather forecasting and reporting via XGate - learn how XGate delivers weather information.

It’s easy to get started with XGate. Once it’s up and running, you can read and write your emails offline, saving airtime, then simply press a button – XGate apps will dial your satellite phone for you and hang up when it’s done. If your call drops, XGate can redial and simply pick up where it left off. And XGate eliminates the back and forth of email protocols before using precious airtime.

Faster. Cheaper. Better.

XGate uses only 5% of the data of a standard email program, on average. That means you save up to 95% on satellite airtime costs compared to using your email without XGate.

Your Email, Your Way

XGate gives you an included XGate address. There are even options to set the send and receive addresses so others see whatever email address you would like to show them.

Virus Scanning and Spam Filters

XGate servers scan every message for viruses and SPAM, blocking them before they go over your satellite system, saving you airtime and keeping your machine clean. XGate also has full DES/PGP encryption for optimum security.

“BigMail”

XGate “Bigmail” lets you know when someone sends you a large file, shows you the subject and size, and lets you decide to download it over your satellite connection or wait until you have access to another connection. You get the files you need when you need them, and save the cat videos for later.

Point Weather

Now XGate subscribers get free marine weather forecasts right on their mobile devices with XGate and your satellite service. The current XGate apps for iOS and Android now provide the compressed weather information you need most via your satellite connection.

Features Include:

• Multiple locations: current GPS location, location by airport code, or enter a specific GPS location
• 3-7 days user-selectable forecasts
• 1-6 hour display frequency
• Metric and Imperial measurements support
• Selectable weather parameters including: temperature, surface pressure, wind speed, wind direction, wave period, wave height, visibility, wave direction, rain, freezing rain, UV index, total precipitation, cloud cover, dew point, perceived temperature, and thunderstorm probability, and more.

Weather Forecasts and Reporting

XGate compresses email up to 20x compared to standard email services. This lets you send and receive messages quickly and affordably over satellite and remote cellular services. This means that any regular weather information can be sent to you via email without firing up broadband Internet over a satellite connection, potentially saving you dollars per megabyte and certainly saving you time and headaches.

Marine Weather Forecasting Center

XGate is perfect for anyone who uses a satellite phone. It works on virtually any system, and lets you get more done in less time, all while saving airtime costs. Whether staying in touch outside of cellular coverage areas, or accessing email for business continuity after a hurricane, earthquake or other natural disaster, XGate has thousands of satisfied users in the following applications:

• Recreational Cruisers
• Commercial Maritime
• Hikers and Expeditions
• General Aviation
• Remote Workers

• XGate service is $24.99 per month.
• Monthly service is available with a $50 activation fee.
• Activation is free with a 12-month commitment.

Many customers use XGate monthly or seasonally. When you cancel service, you can choose to keep your XGate email address for $8 per month and then reactivate service with no activation fee. Alternatively, you can cancel service entirely and pay the activation fee when you are ready to use XGate on a monthly basis, or for free with a 12-month commitment. 

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