REI carries this EPIRB for landlubbers: http://www.rei.com/online/store/ProductDisplay?storeId=8000&catalogId=40000008000&productId=47799531&parent_category_rn=40002203&vcat=REI_SEARCH
It includes an internal GPS. One without integral GPS is $599. David. On 12/7/06, Bill Kearney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Well, there's also the question of how the cellular carriers have consistently stood in the way of cost-effective ways to utilize their networks, at least here in the US. It seems like they're so hung up on grabbing as much money as possible they've effectively stifled innovation that might develop were data services not priced so high. But that's fodder for other threads. Most folks that aren't in geographically diverse or sparsely populated areas often fail to comprehend it's not always technologically practical, let alone cost-effective, to implement full coverage wireless data networks. Live in the sticks for a while and you really start to understand how bad wireless can be... EPIRBs are great, if you're worried about being rescued when in remote situations consider getting one. Here's one of many websites with some details: http://www.equipped.com/faq_plb/default.asp I'm only aware of them by having them on our boat. With luck we'll never have to use them. -Bill Kearney ----- Original Message ----- Cars don't have the SOS devices because people don't want them (or at least are unwilling to pay for the cellular connections). The market has pretty clearly demonstrated this, much to my amazement as one of the guys that helped develop those systems 15 years ago. A second problem is that these guys were almost surely well outside of cellular coverage. There has been proposed legislation that, in cases like this, melt the silicon and to hell with the FCC. Get a message out, which could be pretty impressive with a car battery behind your amp. But, these cases are quite rare. _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking
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