Satellite Phones

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>I am trying to find out how to
>call a satellite phone?

Dial the number!

--
John S.
e-mail responses to - john at kiana dot net

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"Joshua Gbaa" <wgbaa@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
> Is there a newsgroup for satellite phones? I am trying to find out how to
> call a satellite phone?

The closest thing to a satellite phone newsgroup is a mail list ("satphone")
on Yahoo Groups (groups.yahoo.com).
Most satellite phones are dialed as international numbers having their own
country codes (e.g. +870, +8816, etc). Some are called as local or wireless
numbers. Others may be called by dialing an access number then dialing the
satellite phone number. It depends on the satellite service and phone.


--
Donald Newcomb
DRNewcomb (at) attglobal (dot) net

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On Thu, 5 Aug 2004 20:14:21 -0500, "Donald Newcomb"
<DRNewcomb@attglobal.NOT.net> wrote:

>
>"Joshua Gbaa" <wgbaa@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:wZtQc.5214$g8.549@trndny05...
>> Hello,
>> Is there a newsgroup for satellite phones? I am trying to find out how to
>> call a satellite phone?
>
>The closest thing to a satellite phone newsgroup is a mail list ("satphone")
>on Yahoo Groups (groups.yahoo.com).
>Most satellite phones are dialed as international numbers having their own
>country codes (e.g. +870, +8816, etc). Some are called as local or wireless
>numbers. Others may be called by dialing an access number then dialing the
>satellite phone number. It depends on the satellite service and phone.

With some, the user just puts their GSM SIM card in it, so you just
dial their normal GSM number.

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"Sprout" <rinkydinky@btconnect.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 5 Aug 2004 20:14:21 -0500, "Donald Newcomb"
> <DRNewcomb@attglobal.NOT.net> wrote:
>
> >
> >"Joshua Gbaa" <wgbaa@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >news:wZtQc.5214$g8.549@trndny05...
> >> Hello,
> >> Is there a newsgroup for satellite phones? I am trying to find out how
to
> >> call a satellite phone?
> >
> >The closest thing to a satellite phone newsgroup is a mail list
("satphone")
> >on Yahoo Groups (groups.yahoo.com).
> >Most satellite phones are dialed as international numbers having their
own
> >country codes (e.g. +870, +8816, etc). Some are called as local or
wireless
> >numbers. Others may be called by dialing an access number then dialing
the
> >satellite phone number. It depends on the satellite service and phone.
>
> With some, the user just puts their GSM SIM card in it, so you just
> dial their normal GSM number.

I think that's the Thuraya. It works in Europe, northern Africa and the
mideast. The Globalstar works on conventional analog cellular and CDMA as
you would find on Sprint or VZW. Googling Thuraya or Globalstar will provide
a lot on info. Immarsat and Irridium are the others I know of.


--
Thomas M. Goethe

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"Thomas M. Goethe" <goethe11@lycos.com> wrote in message
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> I think that's the Thuraya. It works in Europe, northern Africa and
the
> mideast. The Globalstar works on conventional analog cellular and CDMA as
> you would find on Sprint or VZW. Googling Thuraya or Globalstar will
provide
> a lot on info. Immarsat and Irridium are the others I know of.

The "analog/CDMA" GlobalStar phones are a GlobalStar NA oddity. The rest of
the world uses GSM/Globalstar and many GSM carriers have roaming agreements
with the regional GlobalStar service provider. e.g. Many European GSM
carriers roam with Elsacom (sp?), the Italian central-European
ground-station. So you can just drop your GSM SIM in a GlobalStar phone and
roam within that region. Outside that region it would have to be a different
roaming agreement, which may or may not exist.

--
Donald Newcomb
DRNewcomb (at) attglobal (dot) net

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I stand corrected on the GSM/Globalstar phone. though GSM was completely
dead in the Hurricane Charley area for the first few days, but I would have
been thrilled to have had some CDMA/analog/Globalstar phones for our folks.
There was CDMA and analog service available, even my VZW Airprime PC 5220
worked, though slower than usual. T-Mobile did come back about four days
later, but our AT&T phones were still dead at that point. didn't bother with
it after that.

--
Thomas M. Goethe

"Donald Newcomb" <DRNewcomb@attglobal.NOT.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Thomas M. Goethe" <goethe11@lycos.com> wrote in message
> news:2omlknFc2h9iU1@uni-berlin.de...
> > I think that's the Thuraya. It works in Europe, northern Africa and
> the
> > mideast. The Globalstar works on conventional analog cellular and CDMA
as
> > you would find on Sprint or VZW. Googling Thuraya or Globalstar will
> provide
> > a lot on info. Immarsat and Irridium are the others I know of.
>
> The "analog/CDMA" GlobalStar phones are a GlobalStar NA oddity. The rest
of
> the world uses GSM/Globalstar and many GSM carriers have roaming
agreements
> with the regional GlobalStar service provider. e.g. Many European GSM
> carriers roam with Elsacom (sp?), the Italian central-European
> ground-station. So you can just drop your GSM SIM in a GlobalStar phone
and
> roam within that region. Outside that region it would have to be a
different
> roaming agreement, which may or may not exist.
>
> --
> Donald Newcomb
> DRNewcomb (at) attglobal (dot) net
>
>

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On Thu, 05 Aug 2004 17:18:20 +0000, Joshua Gbaa wrote:

> Hello,
> Is there a newsgroup for satellite phones? I am trying to find out how to
> call a satellite phone?

Do you know anyone who has a satellite phone ? If so, just ask them for
their number and dial away.

--
Michael Turner

Email (ROT13)

zvxr.gheare1963@ivetva.arg

When dialing a sat phone number from the states start with 011 then the rest of the number

Dial 011 then the rest of the number