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First recorded activity by BoatBanter: Aug 2007
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Iridium
Thanks, I think I will go with them.
Rusty
"Paul" wrote in message
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"Rusty" blank wrote in message
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I think it's time to get an Iridium satellite phone. We're gong to have
way too much time away from cell sites.
Any suggestions as to a cruiser-friendly source of hardware and airtime?
I got my Iridium phone and antenna from Outfitter Satellite:
http://www.outfittersatellite.com/
I also get my pre-paid minutes from them, and have been able to purchase
additional air-time from them while at sea. Probably most other resellers
can do the same, but Outfitter has been easy to deal with for me.
For data services over the satphone, I use XGate from Global Marine
Networks: http://www.globalmarinenet.net/ . Again, there are others, but
this has worked well for me.
Just a customer,
Paul, S/V VALIS
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