Sat Phones

Sat phones - just another name for satellite phones - are a still highly expensive cell phone alternative. Satellite phones are mobile phones that communicate via satellite. Depending on the satellite system, a sat telephone may cover specific regions or even the entire globe. Wonderful news for all you outdoor enthusiasts!

Practically every outdoor safety manual tells you to alert a friend when going far from civilization, and if possible bring a way to communicate in case of an emergency. Traditional cell phones just don't offer the extensive coverage you need when traveling in the global wilderness. Sat telephones solve this problem by offering you the ability to get mobile sat phone service basically anywhere in the world. Yes, it does come at a high price, but sat telephones may someday become affordable for most people.

There are many types of satellite phones. Here are a few:

• Iridium sat cell telephones: (Iridium.com) These phones use a series of 66 low-earth orbiting, cross-linked satellites to relay telephone calls from anywhere in the world as long as you have a direct line of sight from the handset to the sky. Generally, calls from iridium phones to landlines costs about $1.50 a minute. The reverse, landlines to iridium phones costs $2 to $4 a minute, and iridium phone to iridium phone costs less than $1 a minute.
• Globalstar sat phone: (Globalstar.com) Globalstar has a handheld sat cell phone and two stationary sat telephones. The Globalstar GSP 1600 Handheld phone sells for $749.00. It allows customers the same flexibility of a cell phone, but switches from terrestrial cellular telephony to satellite telephony when needed. The GSP-2900 stationary phone costs $2,495.00 while the FAU 200 costs $625.

You can get your hands on a sat cell phone at Satellite Discount Store at Satellitediscountstore.com or at Satellite Phone Store.com Satellitephonestore.com.

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