I notice that this month a new Iridium sat phone satellite is being
launched. Who is funding this these days, for ages it seemed to be a dead in
the water system.
Brian

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Tried my new IRIDIUM 9555 satellite phone today and although I could get a
signal in my conservatory, reception was garbage, so I went outside and got
a full 5 bars. Rang her indoors and apart from the 3 sec time lag, it was as
clear as a bell. Just got to use up the remaining 48m before they vanish in
23 days.

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