Joel, If you have a laptop you can download GRIB files that are data sparse and therefore do not take more than a minute or so. Great for weather/wind forecasting 3+ days out.
That assumes you can interpret them. David F. Risch 1981 40-2 (401) 419-4650 (cell) Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2014 14:09:08 -0400 From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Stus-List Sat phone minutes Dennis, I assume they do. Check-in with the committee will be 1-2 minutes a day. Joel On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 10:20 AM, Dennis C. <[email protected]> wrote: Check to see how partial minutes are tallied. Do they round them up to the next whole minute? That is, does 20 seconds get billed as 1 minute. That's one way users get in trouble with phone plans. Dennis C. On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 8:50 AM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: Based on my 2006 experience, I'd say it's more than enough. An average call lasted about 20 seconds before being dropped. I'm told service is vastly improved but.... John Sent from my iPad > On Apr 8, 2014, at 9:33 AM, Joel Aronson <[email protected]> wrote: > > All, > > I've managed to borrow an Iridium sat phone model 9555 for the race. I need > to buy airtime for the daily check-in,downloading gribs etc. > > Does it matter where I buy from? Is 20 minutes enough for the 6 day race and > 6 day return? > > -- > Joel > 301 541 8551 > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > [email protected] _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com [email protected] _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com [email protected] -- Joel 301 541 8551 _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com [email protected]
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