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SMS Text News is going to a desert island next month

Started by Ewan · 1 year ago

Next month, starting June 16th, we’ll be bringing you SMS Text News live from a desert dsland in the middle of nowhere.

I’m going to be exploring the possibility of working remotely. I’ve emailed Iridium to see if they can lend us a satellite data system to enable us to produce the site. The [...] ... Continue reading »

13 comments

jonmul
1 year ago

I can recomend a good mobile data package...

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Ewan
1 year ago

Tell me more? ;-)

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Ben Smith
1 year ago

Try getting Vodafone's Firstbornchild roaming data add-on. They give you roaming data... you give them...

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Ewan
1 year ago

Is that 3G?

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Ben Smith
1 year ago

It depends how much you use... it has been known to cost several thousand g's

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James Whatley
1 year ago

Depends. Are you expecting triplets?

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Ewan
1 year ago

Is there a subsidised handset?

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Mike42
1 year ago

Careful. I know quite a few parents who just might take them up on that deal...

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Ben Smith
1 year ago

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DanLane
1 year ago

Over a decade ago I had a customer who was connecting to the internet through our dialup platform from a satphone from somewhere in the north sea. The only thing more shocking than the slow speed was the per minute cost. It was also a bit flakey so he called for help quite a bit (also at a horrendously expensive per minute rate)... unfortunately on the days when I wasn't in the support guys would always put him on hold for ages while they went away and tried to find out if we actually supported dialup via satphone *smacks forhead*

And you thought Vodafone data rates screwed you!

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Ewan
1 year ago

Well it's looking good. I'm going to talk to Iridium shortly, Dan -- and
should hopefully hear back from Inmarsat soon.

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Constantine
1 year ago

enjoy your holiday, you need it

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Ewan
1 year ago

V good of you Stefan. I will be thinking of you when I am sipping cocktails
and typing on my Blackberry.

No, wait, there's no GPRS on the Island...

...but the whole thing has blanket wifi coverage...

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