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Buying Iridium -- about $1,500 for new Motorola 9505, less for used --
seems to me to be the way to go (haven't gone there yet :) and there
are various airtime packages, the availability of which seems to
depend on who you buy through, that bring down the per-minute cost.
cheers,
Jim
[Re: email via radio
> Posted by: "nottoway2016" nottoway2016
> Date: Sun Feb 4, 2007 1:47 pm ((PST))
>
> About $100/month for last year's model, plus the cost of the call
> which is $1.75 or so per minute. I've called from mid-Atlantic and it
> worked fine but the reception quality wouldn't encourage you to chat
> for a long time.
>
> --- In , sv_Pelican at dot dot dot wrote:
> >
> > > (I rent an Iridium sat phone for long offshore
> > > passages)
> >
> > What does one cost to rent per month?
> >
>
