Buying a Satellite phone

Hi david,
If you are going to be away from mobile reception for more than 180 days in 2 years you are eligible for a 50% subsidy from the government. We were eligible. We bought a phone and put 2 years of credit on it. We intend to use it only for safety etc. and emergency. We went through MGL communications and found the good.
Hope this helps
barb

Hi David, we were in the same position re SAT phone and we ended up going with a solution from TC Communication that being a Isatphone Pro with no monthly fees. U buy air time that suits your potential use.

I bought ours when we did the canning stock route last year, it it was absolutely fantastic. Never regretted it, and it worked a treat all over the outback.

Rgds ray

Hi David
It depends on length of your yearly usage. Say you need it for 1 month holiday every year and maybe little bit more in between. It is worth to buy your own.
I personally wouldn’t buy anything else but Motorola Iridium Satellite Phone. We bought our 9505 model few years’ back from EBay (Australian – if you can pick it up is the best option). Buying your own phone cost you lot, lot less in long run than any hire. We use exclusively TR Telecom (we contact Dave (03) 9896 3000). TR Telecom has plans suited for people like us and they very helpful. Just have a look at that option on website:

http://www.trtelecom.com.au/satellite-phone-iridium-plans-australia.html

We are not associated with them, but we are genuinely happy with their options and service.
HooRoo Danna

Gday David,

Hope your move to the north has gone well!

I'm finally going to drop my HFradio telephone and make the move to the satphone. As mentioned above, the Isatphone seems to get get good reports and you can get it with Prepaid - used to be able to get $100 worth of calls for 2 years, but I think they cut that back a bit a couple of weeks ago. Peter Young at Alltrac is an agent for them now.

All the best
Phil

David
That website again:

http://www.trtelecom.com.au/

than look under plans...
HooRoo Danna

Do note regarding Isatphone that the prepay option has increased significantly in cost and no longer lasts for 2 years at all. It used to be a very good deal but I'm doubtful now.

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Hi, my advise would be to not rent, buy a second hand one (e.g Kyocera SS-66K). Iridium is the network you want. Becareful of getting pre-paid cards second hand as they can be out of date of nearly out of date. I've got credit before from Global Telesat Communications they seemed to have the best price at the time but it's worth shopping around.