Sat Phones for the Lonely

2007-03-08 10:33:40

( Telephony )



Nowadays, communications technology has enriched everybody’s lives. Almost everyone on this planet can access anyone with the right tools. As a famous line goes, no man is an island. The human nature of people as social creatures epitomizes that men, indeed, need each other to survive this lonely planet.

But lonely no more, man has invented ways and means to extend communication whether you are in the same location or in another country. Face-to-face communication has morphed into cool and practical gadgets brought by the technological advances. The most common gadgets are cellular phones, personal digital assistants, personal computers, and satellite telephones or commonly known as sat phones.

It is a reality that people in this generation live with busier and more stressful lifestyles; eventually, the communication needs have changed. Years ago, phones were limited as landlines but evolved into wireless handsets with limited coverage. Consequently, the advent of sat phones has caused coverage without boundaries, and global reach is possible depending on your phone satellite providers.

A sat phone is a handheld phone that can send and receive calls through the aid of satellites orbiting around Earth. It doesn’t need broadcast towers or copper wires to transmit communication lines. Some satellite phone service providers, such as globalstar satellite phones, utilize low orbit satellites (LEOs), which provide worldwide wireless coverage, and some of these sat phone providers give region-based coverage.

With this in mind, you can complete phone calls with anyone, anywhere as long as you have a clear sky ahead. This is good news among world travelers, explorers, business people and globetrotters who can always use sat phones to contact loved ones. Although there is a noticeable delay when communicating through a sat phone, the pros of this technology defy this con.

Sat phones are undoubtedly pricier than your average cellular phone because of its reach. However, if sat phone use is on a temporary basis, you can rent satellite phones instead of purchasing one. Various sat phone stores offer not just the new handset models that come slimmer, but they also give you rentals on their good sat phone models. But beware, satellite phone rentals’ price do not include talk time. Sat phone store or satellite phone providers may give you various plans and payment schemes that will allow you to compare prices on handsets and talk time. Just pick out the best plan.


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