Nuts wrote:Hi Giddy Up, was linked here: viewtopic.php?f=21&t=13827 could be an interesting development?
ribuck wrote:It's an expensive device, but the main problem is that it is specific to a single type of phone. When you upgrade your iPhone to a newer model with a different docking socket, the Sat Sleeve becomes useless.
roysta wrote:ribuck wrote:It's an expensive device, but the main problem is that it is specific to a single type of phone. When you upgrade your iPhone to a newer model with a different docking socket, the Sat Sleeve becomes useless.
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JackieSatphone wrote:Prepaid is only good if you are OUTSIDE of Australia. In Australia, prepaid on these things is not allowed, and Thuraya have been told they must terminate any prepaid connections they have here if they discover them. Reason ... the Govt cannot listen into prepaid calls if necessary. It is a legal requirement here in Australia that all comms are able to be tapped if necessary ... not that they are ALL tapped, but there is what is called a Legal Intercept requirement that all mobile phone devices must comply with here. The Thuraya Prepaid does not comply.
Call plans available here are as low as $15 a month and 99c per minute. No term. $25 activation fee. That is the best in the market.
GPSGuided wrote:JackieSatphone wrote:Any reason why prepaid account holders couldn't be tapped and satisfy any government regulations?
ribuck wrote:Anyway, I suspect it has nothing to do with the technicalities of tapping. I guess it's because a monthly plan is linked to a bank account or credit card, but a prepaid account isn't strongly linked to the user's identity.
GPSGuided wrote:JackieSatphone wrote:Prepaid is only good if you are OUTSIDE of Australia. In Australia, prepaid on these things is not allowed, and Thuraya have been told they must terminate any prepaid connections they have here if they discover them. Reason ... the Govt cannot listen into prepaid calls if necessary. It is a legal requirement here in Australia that all comms are able to be tapped if necessary ... not that they are ALL tapped, but there is what is called a Legal Intercept requirement that all mobile phone devices must comply with here. The Thuraya Prepaid does not comply.
Call plans available here are as low as $15 a month and 99c per minute. No term. $25 activation fee. That is the best in the market.
Thank you for your detailed explanation on your service. Whilst the price point looked affordable for recreational users, the monthly subscription lock-in is still prohibitive for those who's the occasional need. Any reason why prepaid account holders couldn't be tapped and satisfy any government regulations?
ribuck wrote:GPSGuided wrote:JackieSatphone wrote:Any reason why prepaid account holders couldn't be tapped and satisfy any government regulations?
Any reason why a government that taps people's phones doesn't get voted out of office?
Anyway, I suspect it has nothing to do with the technicalities of tapping. I guess it's because a monthly plan is linked to a bank account or credit card, but a prepaid account isn't strongly linked to the user's identity.
ribuck wrote:GPSGuided wrote:JackieSatphone wrote:Any reason why prepaid account holders couldn't be tapped and satisfy any government regulations?
Any reason why a government that taps people's phones doesn't get voted out of office?
Anyway, I suspect it has nothing to do with the technicalities of tapping. I guess it's because a monthly plan is linked to a bank account or credit card, but a prepaid account isn't strongly linked to the user's identity.
JackieSatphone wrote:Prepaid was really only ever for dodgy countries like Indonesia where they had issues getting monthly fees out of people... they had a habit of not paying their bills and racking up a bit of an account... so prepaid was introduced mainly to ensure that those countries like PNG and Indonesia still got the service, but they had to pay for it up front.
Giddy_up wrote:Just found these guys who hire PLB's and sat phones. What I was interested in was there appraisal of the sat sleeve for the southern reaches of Australia in the last paragraph. Sums it up really.
http://www.epirbhire.com.au/Thuraya%20SatSleeve.htm
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