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oh and....

"MOVIE SIGN!!!"]]>Feb 18th 2007 11:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/iridium-next-plans-for-next-gen-satellite-network/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/iridium-next-plans-for-next-gen-satellite-network/Feb 18th 2007 11:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/iridium-next-plans-for-next-gen-satellite-network/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/iridium-next-plans-for-next-gen-satellite-network/Feb 19th 2007 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/iridium-next-plans-for-next-gen-satellite-network/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/iridium-next-plans-for-next-gen-satellite-network/Feb 19th 2007 12:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/iridium-next-plans-for-next-gen-satellite-network/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/iridium-next-plans-for-next-gen-satellite-network/Feb 19th 2007 12:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/iridium-next-plans-for-next-gen-satellite-network/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/iridium-next-plans-for-next-gen-satellite-network/
You're not the only MST3K fan around these parts. I thought I would be the only one to notice the satellite of love in the picture.


Well played, sir. Now I am off, to watch some Roadhouse with Patrick Swayze. :chuckle:]]>Feb 19th 2007 12:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/iridium-next-plans-for-next-gen-satellite-network/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/iridium-next-plans-for-next-gen-satellite-network/Feb 19th 2007 12:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/iridium-next-plans-for-next-gen-satellite-network/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/iridium-next-plans-for-next-gen-satellite-network/
10mbps would actually be very high bandwidth for mobile satellite services, since they operate on the L-band, there inst a lot of bandwidth and most are limited to 9.6 kbps. Actually, the iridium handset will only do 2.4kbps data. (yes you read me right. it is only good for text stuff and even that is slow). This is because it sacrifices speed for portability and global coverage.

It's roughly a buck a minute, but you can buy prepaid cards. I've used it in Fiji, Australia, on ships at sea and in the mountains. It makes me feel VERY important.]]>Feb 19th 2007 1:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/iridium-next-plans-for-next-gen-satellite-network/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/iridium-next-plans-for-next-gen-satellite-network/Feb 19th 2007 2:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/iridium-next-plans-for-next-gen-satellite-network/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/iridium-next-plans-for-next-gen-satellite-network/Feb 19th 2007 11:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/iridium-next-plans-for-next-gen-satellite-network/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/iridium-next-plans-for-next-gen-satellite-network/Feb 19th 2007 8:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/iridium-next-plans-for-next-gen-satellite-network/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/iridium-next-plans-for-next-gen-satellite-network/Feb 19th 2007 11:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/iridium-next-plans-for-next-gen-satellite-network/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/iridium-next-plans-for-next-gen-satellite-network/
US military. When I was in the AF, every comm unit would deploy with a couple of hundred Iridium handsets. They are invaluable in 'bare-base' situations, when traditional satellite comms haven't been set up yet. Great for calling home when the line at the morale tent is too long as well. Not that I ever did that.]]>Feb 19th 2007 9:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/iridium-next-plans-for-next-gen-satellite-network/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/iridium-next-plans-for-next-gen-satellite-network/
Andrew Hillman]]>Feb 19th 2007 11:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/iridium-next-plans-for-next-gen-satellite-network/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/iridium-next-plans-for-next-gen-satellite-network/
MST3K fans are legion!]]>Feb 19th 2007 11:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/iridium-next-plans-for-next-gen-satellite-network/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/iridium-next-plans-for-next-gen-satellite-network/Feb 20th 2007 5:21AM