I've been looking at alternatives to using my Next G sim card in the 9505A satphone.
This is a good option if you don't use the phone much (calls are pricy at about $4 a minute), don't want to use the satellite data option, and don't like swapping the sim card from phone to phone.
I was interested in exploring the data service. It isn't clear on the
Telstra site but I suspect the connection fee and minimum subscription duration will price this out of consideration. The TMS 80 plan would be great if you could buy it buy the month with no additional charges.
This mob is Australian. The casual monthly plan at $30 enables data calls, but is for a minimum of four months. $120 all up which includes $10 of calls/data a month.
Fastwave are no good for short contracts.
I checked a few overseas providers
like Satwest but there was nothing very attractive.
Has anyone had any experience using the Iridium data connection? Any recommendations as to best service provider for short contracts of a month?
Bob