Iridium's real value - Satellite paging?
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R.I.P. Iridium
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As a regular user of Iridium satellite paging, I'm terribly disappointed to hear that they're planning on shutting down. It seems to me that they should have put a little more emphasis on the satellite paging functionality of Iridium, as the pagers are reasonably priced ($295) and the service is, as well ($65). My only real complaint, other than the fact that the pager will be come a paperweight in a few days, has been that the paging coverage suffers somewhat in large buildings and densely populated areas. But the good far outweighed the bad, and I'm really going to miss having a pager that works everywhere, even on airplanes.
Are there other satellite paging companies out there? (By this, I mean pagers that receive messages directly from satellites, not simple nationwide paging.) I've looked around at the other satellite telephony companies and they all seem to be following Iridium's lead, pushing voice applications much harder than paging.
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As a regular user of Iridium satellite paging, I'm terribly disappointed to hear that they're planning on shutting down. It seems to me that they should have put a little more emphasis on the satellite paging functionality of Iridium, as the pagers are reasonably priced ($295) and the service is, as well ($65). My only real complaint, other than the fact that the pager will be come a paperweight in a few days, has been that the paging coverage suffers somewhat in large buildings and densely populated areas. But the good far outweighed the bad, and I'm really going to miss having a pager that works everywhere, even on airplanes.
Are there other satellite paging companies out there? (By this, I mean pagers that receive messages directly from satellites, not simple nationwide paging.) I've looked around at the other satellite telephony companies and they all seem to be following Iridium's lead, pushing voice applications much harder than paging.