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Post by icefisher on Aug 20, 2013 0:05:18 GMT
Iridium has complete coverage. Others are available in the NW passage, Globestar, maybe Inmarsat but I don't have specific info on them. None of them have any affordable unlimited minute plans so you can leave your iphone home. Icefisher, I think you will need to prove what you said and show us exactly how to chat in the net in the deep Arctic and by which gear. ]/quote] www.roadpost.com/iridium.aspx?SourceID=6349&track=google&gclid=CI_T79C-irkCFS6CQgodzSYA0w"Work or play anywhere on earth and enjoy complete coverage. This includes oceans, airways and Polar Regions."
If you want more details use the "contact us" on the site's page. |
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Post by numerouno on Aug 20, 2013 1:58:43 GMT
If you want more details use the "contact us" on the site's page. I wanted more details, and did some research: The data link of the Iridium has a 10kb/s max throughput, 2.4kb/s uncompressed. That is the 1980s (fast) phoneline modem speed actually. If one chats with some very patient people Iridium chat in the Arctic could be an option. www.mailasail.com/Support/Iridium-Bandwidth |
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Post by nonentropic on Aug 20, 2013 2:57:38 GMT
surprisingly even at those data speeds you can call emergency services for rescue. emergency services predate the internet.
maybe Al invented them also the limits of the man are till this day unknown.
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Post by Andrew on Aug 20, 2013 3:33:15 GMT
 140 mm (L) x 60 mm (W) x 27 mm (D) Fairly amazing that such a small device is able to transmit about 150 - 250 kms into space. Either way the energy produced by the phone must be pretty high and it could not be something that you should ideally be placing against the side of your head?? |
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Post by nautonnier on Aug 20, 2013 3:59:54 GMT
Iridium has complete coverage. Others are available in the NW passage, Glbobestar, maybe Inmarsat but I don't have specific info on them. None of them have any affordable unlimited minute plans so you can leave your iphone home. Icefisher, I think you will need to prove what you said and show us exactly how to chat in the net in the deep Arctic and by which gear. Numerouno - here is the brochure for Iridium Next - a Low Earth Orbit satellite system where the satellites are effectively orbiting cellphone base-stations. The constellation of satellites covers the entire globe 100%. The 'Next' variant of Iridium gives bandwidth of MBs a lot more use than the old 2k4. Iridium Next BrochureThere are other systems available but Iridium is the only real global system |
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Post by sigurdur on Aug 20, 2013 4:14:00 GMT
140 mm (L) x 60 mm (W) x 27 mm (D) Fairly amazing that such a small device is able to transmit about 150 - 250 kms into space. Either way the energy produced by the phone must be pretty high and it could not be something that you should ideally be placing against the side of your head?? Wouldn't affect these guys. They already demonstrated the phone would be next to a vacuum. |
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Post by Andrew on Aug 20, 2013 4:32:33 GMT
If you want more details use the "contact us" on the site's page. I wanted more details, and did some research: The data link of the Iridium has a 10kb/s max throughput, 2.4kb/s uncompressed. That is the 1980s (fast) phoneline modem speed actually. If one chats with some very patient people Iridium chat in the Arctic could be an option. www.mailasail.com/Support/Iridium-Bandwidth2,400 bytes per second enables any one of 256 typeable characters to be sent and received at a rate of 1,200 typeable or readable characters per second in both directions simultaneously. That is about one long email in both directions per second |
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Post by icefisher on Aug 20, 2013 5:17:37 GMT
If you want more details use the "contact us" on the site's page. I wanted more details, and did some research: The data link of the Iridium has a 10kb/s max throughput, 2.4kb/s uncompressed. That is the 1980s (fast) phoneline modem speed actually. If one chats with some very patient people Iridium chat in the Arctic could be an option. www.mailasail.com/Support/Iridium-BandwidthAll I had in the 1980's (at the end of the 80's) was a 2400kbaud modem. And it ran on your 1980's home phone which did not sound as good as a modern phone but worked just fine for chatting with somebody on the phone. So what is your point? |
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Post by cuttydyer on Aug 20, 2013 5:19:56 GMT
Misadventure in the Arctic:  Coroner Andrew Bradley expressed his 'great sadness' as he recorded a verdict of misadventure. He appeared choked and emotional as he revealed he knew Mr Goodeve-Docker personally. He said: 'It’s a matter of great sadness. This family is known to me and has been known to me for many years.' He added that the storm had been 'all consuming', and said: 'The appalling events which led up to the death are recalled very graphically by Andy and Roan. 'The best preparation was taken to stand up to the velocity of the storm. 'We have heard about the destruction of the environment, the destruction of the tent and everything that lay in its way, and eventually the destruction of Philip. 'The rescue did not arrive in time for Philip. Fortunately the other two have survived and thank God for that. 'Never was a verdict of misadventure so appropriate.' Link: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2397074/Novice-explorer-Philip-Goodeve-Docker-31-Arctic-expedition-froze-death.html |
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Post by Andrew on Aug 20, 2013 5:49:51 GMT
I wanted more details, and did some research: The data link of the Iridium has a 10kb/s max throughput, 2.4kb/s uncompressed. That is the 1980s (fast) phoneline modem speed actually. If one chats with some very patient people Iridium chat in the Arctic could be an option. www.mailasail.com/Support/Iridium-BandwidthAll I had in the 1980's (at the end of the 80's) was a 2400kbaud modem. And it ran on your 1980's home phone which did not sound as good as a modern phone but worked just fine for chatting with somebody on the phone. So what is your point? When you were talking on the phone you were not using the limited ability of the modem to send data down the telephone wires. Numerouno seems to think that you need a higher connection speed than 2.4kbs to do an internet typed chat session. |
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Post by Ratty on Aug 20, 2013 5:50:26 GMT
"In today's arctic you can chat on the phone" Which carrier would you recommend? A helicopter? |
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Post by numerouno on Aug 20, 2013 10:52:09 GMT
All I had in the 1980's (at the end of the 80's) was a 2400kbaud modem. And it ran on your 1980's home phone which did not sound as good as a modern phone but worked just fine for chatting with somebody on the phone. So what is your point? When you were talking on the phone you were not using the limited ability of the modem to send data down the telephone wires. Numerouno seems to think that you need a higher connection speed than 2.4kbs to do an internet typed chat session. Oh, blast from the past, you meant 'to chat' means "to talk on the phone". You don't spend much time with the emerging (we call them 'digi native') folks do you? Actually, the landline phone systems have been increasingly digital internally from the 1970s on, in some developed countries at least. |
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Post by Andrew on Aug 20, 2013 11:25:05 GMT
Oh, blast from the past, you meant 'to chat' means "to talk on the phone". You don't spend much time with the emerging (we call them 'digi native') folks do you? >>Icefisher, I think you will need to prove what you said and show us exactly how to chat in the net in the deep Arctic and by which gear. Imagine that. Icefisher 1 Numerouno 0 |
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Post by numerouno on Aug 20, 2013 12:21:19 GMT
Iceskater, type "chat" or "I chatted" on Google and see what will show up.
I can't help if anyone's mind is still stuck in the pre-digital age!
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Post by Andrew on Aug 20, 2013 14:31:15 GMT
Iceskater, type "chat" or "I chatted" on Google and see what will show up. I can't help if anyone's mind is still stuck in the pre-digital age! In case your memory is not very good. 1. You were challenging Icefisher that it was not possible to chat on the net in the arctic 2. You claimed that only a very patient person could handle a chat session using only 2,500 bytes per second 3. Icefisher later mixed up phone useage with modem useage while wondering what your point was about the data slowness. 4. You began to have a go at me because of what Icefisher said about phones and modems 5. For mysterious reasons you are having a go at me over my alleged difficulties understanding the digital era |
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