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Re: [RC] [RC] cell phones on the trail - Truman PrevattActually satellite cell seems to be a good ideal on paper but not a big draw. Problem is not that many people need it. You can cover most of what 99% of the population needs today with regular cell. It cost a lot of money to build, launch and maintain spacecraft on orbit. Motorola spun off their satellite service Iridium after it was about a billion over run and not end in sight to stop the bleeding. Globalstar - which I worked on for a period - is about bankrupt if not already down the tubes.For the cost of satellite cell for those areas where there is no other cell service services like Inmarsat (http://www.inmarsat.com) - which predates satellite cell by a three decades, is less expensive and more reliable. Satellite cell was a great ideal on paper but there just didn't have the market to support it. Truman Jim Holland wrote: Hmmm...if I remember correctly, just regular old cellphone was about that price not too many years ago, required an antenna on your car roof, and was as big as a normal home phone. My first one took up the whole console between my seats. I expect satellite cell to evolve the same way. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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