On Jul 10, 1:20 am, Bob wrote:
On Jul 9, 7:42 pm, Larry wrote:





"Alan Spicer" wrote :

I have a few articles on my Blog regarding satellite
http://telecom.dyndns.biz/b2evolution/blogs/

I just posted a bunch of them over on popularwireless.com forum.
There's a link to the marine forum at the top of my blog, or here it
is...

http://www.popularwireless.com/forum...ostlist&Board=
30

More specifically here is the forum thread. It began titled as BGAN.
Also interesting is Internet Access for marine vessels via satellite
as well as other methods I've already mentioned.

* I wonder if we could "Frugal" (as in Frugal on Google.com) for
Iridium for best prices? I don't sell satellite gear or service
directly... but I'd be willing to consult on getting it done. I
usually come in to integrate things onboard such as voice, fax,
Internet, and onboard networks.

* It's pretty much known, the problems that Globalstar has been
having... If you have Globalstar already perhaps you have war stories
on using it?
I do have an Iridium handset I paid $25 for complete with battery and
charger back when the Iridium constellation went bankrupt, before the US
military stepped up to fund it. The yachtsman I bought it from got
INMARSAT installed and was about to dump the Iridium phone in the
dumpster. I figured it would make a nice conversation piece, unaware of
its resurrection...(c;

I found a UK supplier for Iridium at $1.49/minute, but have never acted
to put it back online....
Larry

Larry

Darn, good call on the Irridium phone! Got any stock tips too???

So how much time/$ does it take for an Iridium connection to download
a OPC weather fax map?

I was browsing a few GBAN sites the other day. Some say they have 3
birds giving nearly global converage and others say only 2 with a big
chunk of the pacific not covered. Any info on this?

And then no info re marine install. Any thoughts there?

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* How big is an OPC weather fax map? 2400 bps Internet, maybe 9600bps
with compression. The only satellite gear in the Globalstar/Iridium
that I've
actually touched and worked on myself is Globalstar. But I understand
the
Iridium is very similar.

BGAN they have 2 birds up already and you are right about the chunk
of
the pacific not covered. I understand that bird #3 will go up early
next year.

Waiting on November (or any other news I can get ahold of) for the
Fleet
Broadband/BGAN Marine Story. I understand the dish/radome assembly's
will be a bit smaller than they were for Fleet 33/55/77 systems.
Maybe
they can fit on smaller vessels. That'd be neat. Perhaps they will be
less
expensive to buy as well. I do believe Fleet Broadband/BGAN Marine
may be less expensive (can be turned off to save airtime) than VSAT
type of systems.

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Alan Spicer (just search for my name, I'll come running)
....I have ESP, or ESPN, or Broadband, orrrr sumthing...