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Re: SMS Text News is going to a desert island next month

Ewan — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:28:04 -0000

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...

Re: SMS Text News is going to a desert island next month

Stefan Constantinescu — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:21:35 -0000

enjoy your holiday, you need it

Re: SMS Text News is going to a desert island next month

Ewan — Thu, 29 May 2008 12:48:04 -0000

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

Re: SMS Text News is going to a desert island next month

DanLane — Thu, 29 May 2008 12:44:34 -0000

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!

Re: SMS Text News is going to a desert island next month

Mike42 — Thu, 29 May 2008 03:30:34 -0000

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

Re: SMS Text News is going to a desert island next month

Ewan — Wed, 28 May 2008 20:08:04 -0000

Is there a subsidised handset?

Re: SMS Text News is going to a desert island next month

James Whatley — Wed, 28 May 2008 19:45:09 -0000

Depends. Are you expecting triplets?

Re: SMS Text News is going to a desert island next month

Ben Smith — Wed, 28 May 2008 19:14:14 -0000

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

Re: SMS Text News is going to a desert island next month

Ben Smith — Wed, 28 May 2008 19:13:49 -0000

Re: SMS Text News is going to a desert island next month

Ewan — Wed, 28 May 2008 19:01:04 -0000

Is that 3G?

Re: SMS Text News is going to a desert island next month

Ben Smith — Wed, 28 May 2008 18:55:46 -0000

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

Re: SMS Text News is going to a desert island next month

Ewan — Wed, 28 May 2008 17:46:05 -0000

Tell me more? ;-)

Re: SMS Text News is going to a desert island next month

jonmul — Wed, 28 May 2008 17:19:56 -0000

I can recomend a good mobile data package...