Bandwidth-on-Demand (BoD)

Bandwidth-on-Demand (BoD) is a satcom commercial model where a vessel draws throughput from a shared capacity pool and pays for what it uses, rather than a fixed committed information rate. The teleport allocates carrier bandwidth dynamically per the network management system, so a ship gets a burst rate during high demand and releases it when idle. BoD suits VSAT fleets with variable traffic; it contrasts with committed-rate plans that reserve guaranteed Mbps continuously. Capacity is typically managed through bandwidth pools shared across a fleet under one airtime contract.