Satphone Iridium 9555

It gives me the irites when people or business advertise there products plus GST. Isn't there a law saying that the advertised price should be GST inclusive?
Sh...y day today, wingeing Wednesday, I'll go and have a drink!

Cheers

Greg

Would suggest the pack with the magnetic aerial and the leather case is well worthwhile.

When travelling we used the aerial on the car and it was extra good as the phone didnt always face the satellite when in the car.

Not so cheap when you read the tiny + Gst though.

I just bought a 9555 couple of months ago, cheaper than that - do some shopping around ;) on the web and take those prices to a shop - cheers Aaron

G`day John,
Not quite what you asked, but why not buy a used Iridium 9505A which is the model superseded by the 9555 ?

You can use your sim card from your mobile in the 9505A provided it is on the Next G system and enabled for International Roaming. I used this method on an outback this year.

There were several posts about this on this forum back about May - June this year.

The new 9555 won`t let you do this. ( I stand to be corrected but I believe this is correct )

The 9505A model with all extras can be bought for less than half the price you mention for the 9555.

Regards,

Scrubby.

Hi John Baas

I have a Thuraya 2520 Satellite phone, through Activ8 rural, though I did not apply for the subsidy, and my Internet is through Activ8 Rural as well, with the satellite dish on my roof.

I can only say that any satellite phone is well worth the investment, and I am not saying that just because I am 300 km's from any mobile coverage. I have only ever used my sat phone, to date, for a couple of serious emergencies, generally I use HF, UHF or Skype for communications.

UHF is okay for close communication (unless there is excellent skip of course), HF is also good for long distance, but often you can't raise anyone, and sta phones are reliable all the time, unless the battery goes flat of course.

From others I know that have Iridium phones, they have had no problem to date, but can get expensive once too many calls have been made.

Cheers

Hi John

In answer to your query as to whether a Telstra sim can be used, this U-Tube video (it's in 2 parts) suggests you can:

Part 1
Part 2

Have no experience myself with this (unfortunately :-( ).

Cheers, John

before you buy why not check these out ?

I purchased an older 2nd hand sat phone from them about 4 years ago - great unit - no plan and never misses a beat

Landwide 2nd hand sat phone link