Satellite phones

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Anyone have any info about Satellite phones ?
Any suggestions ?
Place to buy / monthly charges ?
 
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Thanks,
Expensive but it can get you connected with your family in a disaster situation.

My thoughts as well. You should look at the new Spot Connect devices- yeah, it uses Globalstar, but it's not voice so eventually your message will get out. The yearly rates are also reasonable. The only (major) downside is that you can't receive messages.
 
There are devices like the Spot communicator that use the Iridium network (instead of Globalstar) and they can do 2 way communications.

Also Globalstar doesn't cover the whole Earth. It covers most places, but you can definitely get into situations where you don't have a good signal to the satellite.
 
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