sms messages on inmarsat phone

Thanks snoopyone. It appears that inmarsat has agreements with telstra, optus, vodafone- but when I spoke to one of the representatives she gave the impression that one shouldn't rely on it . I'm still wavering about the best satphone to get before I lodge my subsidy form. Have you been satisfied with your iridium? I like the prepay option with credit that lasts for 2 years with Inmarsat as I can't see myself using it too much. But it could be useful to coordinate meeting people sometimes as we're usually out of mobile range when travelling. When you mention they couldn't contact you from Testra, I wonder if they put in the correct international code and prefix before messaging you as all calls or messages to and from your phone are obviously international.

With a Telstra sim and calling to and from Aussie numbers you dont need to have international numbers.

To ring me you just dialled my mobile number and if the sim was in the satfone it rang.

I tried SMS by sending to a friend on Optus and one on Vodafail.

They got mine but I never got theirs.

I actively discouraged people ringing me on it because of the cost and only had it on when I may have needed it for an emergency.

You misread my reply as I said THEY COULDNT TEXT ME ON MY TELSTRA IRIDIUM phone but I could text them on the other providers

Hi Snoopyone - Just purchased a Satellite Phone, I also have a Telstra NextG mobile.
Am I understanding you correctly – You take the Sim out of your Telstra Phone and operate it in the Satellite Phone?

If it is on the Iridium network What make and model is it

If it is on a Plan and internationally roamed yes Prepaid doesnt work

Do a search on "Satellite phones or satfones "

Has been discussed about every second week for yonks

Thanks for the info,
Mine is a Immarsat Isatphone - prepaid - it may not work but I will give it a try.

thanks, bow and nan. Great to know. Let me know if you ever communicate with a number on one of the other networks

bow and nan, what do you mean that you can send emails to and from Telstra? Could you put an email address in the address/ phone number bar? If you send an email it goes to any computer doesn't it?

Yes
The phone will store email addresses in the phonebook

emails can only be sent in Text form

dru,
quite true, local numbers may soon be available on these phones. That applies if one has a non-prepaid plan. But Outgoing calls will continue to be a similar price to what they currently are I believe.- around $1.10.

Incoming calls may not necessarily drop in price either, remains to be seen.

Do you mean you sent emails from your inmarsat phone? If so, did you have to connect it to your laptop/ pc to do so? Any idea what sending an email cost you?

Brett

A 100 unit prepaid card cost me $69.85 US and has a life span of two years

Brett

I just send an SMS to an email address
Same cost as an SMS
The people can reply via email and it comes to the phone as an SMS
Their reply is free at the moment and yours cost an SMS

InmarSat are soon to allow data on IsatPhones (if not already)
a fairly low speed but may be good for longer emails
just hook the USB cable to your laptop

Dru

Bow and Nan, $69.85 US for 100 mins is good value shopping. Have you got a URL link, company name or phone # you could send me for that deal?

Brett

oneplanet communications

thanks, the guy at oneplanet was really helpful, informative, and offers the price you mentioned. He also said if credit is about to run out, I can message his mobile phone and he'll call back to the satphone , get credit card details, and recharge the phone. Now that's a service that's hard to beat!! Excellent link.