Comment: Handheld Satellite Phone Solutions for Travellers

This was a very interesting and useful article.
I would add my experience to the Top 5 Considerations and Prepaid Plans in particular.
Don’t risk running out of prepaid airtime when you urgently need your satellite phone in remote areas.
An Inmarsat satellite phone was very helpful in resolving a vehicle breakdown, over a few days, in a remote area. I found that conversations were surprisingly long when discussing the issues and alternatives and rapidly used up the prepaid airtime that I had purchased.
I would recommend users consider how they would access the top up (recharge), which is not simple when you are out of range of the ‘convenient’ Internet and the 1300 numbers. Having an alternative to a 1300 telephone number of the service provider is easily overlooked. Top up by email does not use much airtime, should you find it is critically low. However, in urgent situations, speaking with your provider can give instant feedback. However, relying on a speedy top up can be disappointing – in my case I waited 9 hours for a top up to be effected which was too late to make important follow up calls.
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