Satellite phone options?

Looks expensive. I have had my Telit for 6 years and although only used if for 10 or 12 trips has worked well. Longest time I hade to wait for a satellite was 15 mins.

I think I will stick with Globalstar for now until prices come down or Globalstar offers a equivalent offer.

What I like about GStar is that I can have the phone Fired up for 4 Months of the year and it only costs $35/month for this period. OK it will cost $200 to fire up the phone when all the Satellites are up in 2010 but until then I also will wait the 15 min or so to get access.

Daughter can also call me on her Telstra my hour which is a bonus.

Peter

It's a shame the Pivotel webpage opens with a blatant lie - "Pivotel is the first company to provide the Iridium network with normal Australian mobile numbers and affordable call rates."

For years Telstra has offered Iridium access using your Telstra SIM card, costing you ZERO dollars per month to have satellite access.