Re: Iridium
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Posted by Charles Race on January 20, 2000 at 08:14:34:
In Reply to: Iridium posted by justin on January 19, 2000 at 23:47:52:
Hi. Justin -
A friend of mine has an Iridium phone over here at GTC and the performance is only so -so. The biggest problem is dialing -- it's very difficult for the average user. You have to use the international format. The Bahamian phone company (Batelco - in all it's wisdom) has put a block on the Iridium system Identifier in the dialing codes (8816) so you can't dial an Iridium phone from within the Bahamas.
The voice Quality is OK, - not great- just OK. There is a problem with loss of signal as the "bird " passes out of range and "hands off" to the next "bird".
The system works, but not very well and is not at all user friendly. I have a another friend on a sail boat who just got an Inmar Sat type phone that cost him $995.00 (that's right) and $1.19 a minute. He says it works great! Only a slight delay in the conversation (geo-stationary).
Give me a call or drop me a line (E-mail) if you need any more info.
By the way, most of the phones in the White Sound area of GTC came on Yesterday at about 2 pm. We're on the new 200 pair cable that the've been installing since about the middle of November. The one that should have been installed 5 or 6 years ago. What can I say?! Charlie
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