Telit SAT550

I probably should clarify... even the new phones for the Iridium network that Globalstar are providing (motorolas) are bricks.

The Telits are useless bricks.

N0 reconnect fee at all or fee to get account name changed ,, ,, a repack of the battery pack will cost no more than $50 ,,, there is an extremely large load of bovine droppings lately concerning sat phones ,,, yes global / pivotel had /has some problems but nowhere near what some people proclaim on this forum.

Well that has not always been the case that is for sure.
Where do you get the battery repacked for $50? My normal battery repacker refused to touch it. The battery pack never gave a reasonable life, and never supported a reasonable life cycle.
The bovine droppings should be left on G* - no one else. Sure - they had an unanticipated issue with satellites falling out of service, but their ability to resolve the issues or provide even a basic level of customer service (much less satellite telephony service) has been sh*t.
And they have still not resolved the issues for me despite numerous calls...
Their promise was mobile everywhere anytime. They flunked big time and should be left out to dry for not proactively working with the clients to resolve it. Sure - that may have been a lot of hard work, and may have cost them money... but they were the ones who made the promise with no caveats.
I have a G* service. The Telit handset is cr*p. The G* service is almost non-existant in most places I try to use it.