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11 June 2013, 08:11
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Satcom has no government controlled access. I can go out and buy a satphone on one of three commercial networks today.
Trouble is we are talking around £500-£800 for the phone and around £2 per minute call charges. But at least they are not reliant on earth bound cellphone/mobile network.
I know from my own work that gold/silver/ and possibly bronze is going to be given or already have special sim cards and if the SHTF then only those units with special sim cards will be able to operate. Those are present plans.
I see no plans for the satellite networks but I could be wrong.
Ham Radio could be useful. I have family around 150 miles away. I am in East Anglia and they are in Surrey with London in between !!
I personally reckon it might be easier to run the satphones although the radio waves are not controllable.
Long Term? In the rebuilding phase? I had considered packet-radio as a precursor to a new data network
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Satcom has no government controlled access. I can go out and buy a satphone on one of three commercial networks today.
Trouble is we are talking around £500-£800 for the phone and around £2 per minute call charges. But at least they are not reliant on earth bound cellphone/mobile network.
I know from my own work that gold/silver/ and possibly bronze is going to be given or already have special sim cards and if the SHTF then only those units with special sim cards will be able to operate. Those are present plans.
I see no plans for the satellite networks but I could be wrong.
Ham Radio could be useful. I have family around 150 miles away. I am in East Anglia and they are in Surrey with London in between !!
I personally reckon it might be easier to run the satphones although the radio waves are not controllable.
Long Term? In the rebuilding phase? I had considered packet-radio as a precursor to a new data network
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