Back2PA
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I searched the forum on this topic and couldn't find anything from the last year so thought I'd renew the thread.
As we look forward to more traveling there are times when we've found ourselves without any cell or wifi available - not weak, zero. Strictly for occasional critical/emergency communications we've kicked around the idea of renting a satellite phone for both voice and text.
Don't know a thing about them. Seems to be several systems (iridium etc), I assume some are better than others. I've also run across cradles that somehow allow your iPhone to work on satellite. Plus there are hot spots vs. phones, assume these would be data intensive so expensive.
Can anyone give me a primer on this along with hardware suggestions/experiences, both good and bad? Rate plans, coverage, possible data usage, providers, anything else. Thx
As we look forward to more traveling there are times when we've found ourselves without any cell or wifi available - not weak, zero. Strictly for occasional critical/emergency communications we've kicked around the idea of renting a satellite phone for both voice and text.
Don't know a thing about them. Seems to be several systems (iridium etc), I assume some are better than others. I've also run across cradles that somehow allow your iPhone to work on satellite. Plus there are hot spots vs. phones, assume these would be data intensive so expensive.
Can anyone give me a primer on this along with hardware suggestions/experiences, both good and bad? Rate plans, coverage, possible data usage, providers, anything else. Thx