The Iridium satellite phone service, rather than burning up their satellites, have decided to restart their service. They're catering to the international businessperson in a very focussed way, including specs in SI(ifp): http://www.iridium.com/iri-how-it-works.asp (click "System Facts") Another example where ifp-only won't cut it in the global markeplace. Nat PS Still at $1.50 a minute, I'll stick with my lowly cellphone. <g>
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