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I want a satellite phone
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Iridium sounds like some sort of chemical or rock or something. Turns out it's the name of a company selling satellite communication services. According to this CW article the satellite telephone handsets cost about $1500 with a satellite base station costing around $3000. That feels a little too rich for my blood personally, but it got me thinking.
We have very little in the way of a communications plan in the event of a local disaster. Our plan consists of using our own cell phones. If the power went out and the cell phone batteries died and we could not recharge them, we wouldn't be able to communicate for very long. Not to mention if the cell towers were knocked out, our communication plan would be dead in the water. Which is what happened during the Katrina disaster.
Our state agency needs to take a look at this. I will be forwarding the information to other agencies within our state government to see if we can get some sort of dialogue going. My only concern about LEO satellite communications is that atmospheric interference can be a problem. It's definitely an option, but I think the interference issues need to be addressed.
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