Comment Re:The problem with Sat. Phones (Score 1) 132
you'll only be able to sell this service to people living in the Poles and the Amazon. At a rate of $100/mo and $2.50 a minute, it's just not feasable for most people.
Suppose you are a business. You have your production facility in some 3rd world country (cause its cheaper that way) and your corporate headquarters in US. Obviously you will need people going back and forth, and these business users are the ones who can afford these phones. And now that the satellite companies also offer data services, these phones become much more attractive to such users, and they might consider using them. These phones are certainly not meant to be used by anybody in Sahara (not too many production facilities there), at least not until the price comes down quite a bit.
Suppose you are a business. You have your production facility in some 3rd world country (cause its cheaper that way) and your corporate headquarters in US. Obviously you will need people going back and forth, and these business users are the ones who can afford these phones. And now that the satellite companies also offer data services, these phones become much more attractive to such users, and they might consider using them. These phones are certainly not meant to be used by anybody in Sahara (not too many production facilities there), at least not until the price comes down quite a bit.
