Phoning a Sat phone from a Sat phone
Submitted: Friday, May 17, 2013 at 19:43
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Member - Duncan W (WA)
Evening all. Quick question. What are the prefix numbers needed to call an Iridium Sat phone from an Inmarsat Isatphone Sat phone.
Heading off tomorrow for a 2 wk desert trip and I have an Inmarsat Isat and my mate has the Iridium. Have tried to phone a sat phone before from
mine but could never get connected so obviously I'm doing something fundamentally wrong.
Thanks
Reply By: olcoolone - Friday, May 17, 2013 at 20:11
Friday, May 17, 2013 at 20:11
You have to find out from the person who owns the Iridium phone if any prefixes are needed...... a lot of the cheap pre paids are USA based so you have to use a USA prefix.
Our Iridium phone has a standard Australian based mobile phone number like 0425 123 123 and some of our friends with prepaid sat phone plans have to use +61 425 123 123 to phone us..... if we want to phone them we have to dial 00118162973123123 for example.
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Follow Up By: Member - Duncan W (WA) - Friday, May 17, 2013 at 20:50
Friday, May 17, 2013 at 20:50
Thanks I'll give that a try. We'll have to sit around the fire the first night and have a play.
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Follow Up By: Member - Dunworkin (WA) - Friday, May 17, 2013 at 21:45
Friday, May 17, 2013 at 21:45
Have a good trip Duncan, half your luck...... hope you get that sorted, what better place to try and work it out than around the campfire in the desert.....
Cheers
Deanna
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Follow Up By: Member - Duncan W (WA) - Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 00:05
Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 00:05
Thanks Deanna looking forward to it. Gibson and the Little Sandy Deserts this time around.
Just hope the rains stay clear of us.
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Reply By: Zebra400 - Friday, May 17, 2013 at 21:50
Friday, May 17, 2013 at 21:50
Dunc
With sat phones, it is best to always make calls with the international code. So ask your friend what his full number is e.g. +61 for an Australian registered number. I have an Inmarsat phone, so my number is prefixed with +870. By pushing the + button, you dont have to worry about 1100, as this is an Australian equivalent for the + button.
BTW , if you ring from an australian mobile phone to another Australian number (landline or mobile), you can use the +61 to start your number. It will worik. I have all my numbers in my mobile in this format. It means if I go overseas and use my mobile, I dont have to find out the international code to ring out from that country.
Laurie
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Follow Up By: Member - Duncan W (WA) - Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 00:07
Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 00:07
Much appreciated Laurie, I'll give it a go.
Cheers
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Reply By: Member - Boobook - Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 08:00
Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 08:00
I hope you have a few spare thousand bucks for those calls. It is over $20 per min from memory.
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Follow Up By: toffytrailertrash - Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 08:28
Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 08:28
inmarsat $1.00 per minute prepaid...same as Telstra plan mobile.
Cheers
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Follow Up By: Member - Boobook - Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 14:54
Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 14:54
toffytrailertrash are you saying Inmarsat is $1 per min to Iridium?
I think you will find it is 21.45cents per SECOND to call a 8816 number from Inmarsat.
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Follow Up By: Member - Howard (ACT) - Monday, May 20, 2013 at 11:01
Monday, May 20, 2013 at 11:01
boobook,
if the iridium phone has an australian sim card you can call it from a inmarsat phone using +61 prefix it will cost 1 unit per minute. unit cost is between 80 cents and $1.20 depending on where and when you purchase inmarsat credit.
same cost as calling my telstra mobile from inmarsat. system cannot tell if sim is in a mobilephone or a sat phone so same cost.
I do now it costs about $20 per minute to call inmarsat from my telstra land line .send emailsfrom computer instead at 50cents a pop.
have never tried to call an iridium satphone that doesnt have an aussie sim so cannot comment on cost there.
cheers
Howard
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Follow Up By: Member - Boobook - Monday, May 20, 2013 at 11:12
Monday, May 20, 2013 at 11:12
Howard it depends on what you mean when you say an Aussie Sim card.
There are several meanings to this
1)A Telstra Postpaid Mobile SIM ( 04xxxxxx) which is what I think you are referring to.
In this case it will cost the caller whatever it costs to call a mobile. PLUS $4.00 a min for the person being called.
2)An iridium number issued by a reseller of the Telstra Sat service, including Telstra themselves. Usually a 8816 prefix
This will cost the caller about $20 per min
3)a Non tesltra australian SIM
Also 8816, this will cost $20 per min and about $20 from land lines or mobiles.
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