Posted by
michael
on 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?"
Laptop in Sahara
by
bonzoesc
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· Score: 3, Insightful
If you're in the middle of the Sahara and all you have to get help is your laptop, you're pretty screwed whether you have satellite modem access or not. Now, on the beach in a resort in some dirty third-world country, that's another story.
Re:Vacation time
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IronChef
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· Score: 4, Insightful
Can't we spend 2 weeks a year without electricity?
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If you're in the middle of the Sahara and all you have to get help is your laptop, you're pretty screwed whether you have satellite modem access or not. Now, on the beach in a resort in some dirty third-world country, that's another story.
Can't we spend 2 weeks a year without electricity?
You first.