Wednesday, Jan 06, 2016 at 10:07
As a matter of interest, I have my normal mobile service via Optus which allows diversion to other mobile phone numbers at no cost.
My sat-phone service is via Pivotel/Irdium network, which is designated simply as a mobile number, and you do not pay for incoming calls, although I do pay a monthly fee of AU$40.
When we are “Out and About” we can divert all our mobile phones (
Mine, Mrs Landy & The Crown Prince’s) to the sat-phone service and any normal incoming calls to our “normal mobiles” will be received to the Iridium sat-phone.
Mind you, that is the theory…
The point, which is diverging from the original question posed in this thread, is that potentially it is a cost effective way of staying in touch with people trying to call us without needing to give all and sundry our sat-phone number.
If I want to make contact with the outside world on the Irdium Sat-phone, I simply text the person and ask them to call me. It still costs me $40 per month, plus nominal fees for a text, but it is a solution that works
well for us.
Cheers, Baz – The Landy
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