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Satellite Phones Making A Comeback?

Posted by michael on Thursday August 23, 2001 @03:13PM from the pocket-sized-they-aren't dept.

carnun writes: "Over at CommVerge there is an interesting article updating what's happening on the Satellite phone market... Is this just another blow in the Iridium cluster or are we finally going to be able to sit with our laptops and connect from the middle of the Sahara?"

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Sahara? by PopeAlien · 2001-08-23 15:24 · Score: 4, Funny

or are we finally going to be able to sit with our laptops and connect from the middle of the Sahara?"
..For what it would cost you for the service, you might as well just run cat5 cable out there..

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Re:You can already! by Niksie3 · 2001-08-23 15:31 · Score: 3, Funny

how about solar power??? I think there is enought of that in the sahara!!!

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