Re: [pct-l] Satellite phones

[Charcholla@aol.com]

In a message dated 10/20/98 3:29:45 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
calliger@infolane.com writes:

<< At 12:18 PM -0700 10/20/98, Charcholla@aol.com wrote:

 >In a message dated 10/20/98 10:56:43 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
goinggoinggone@webtv.net writes:
 >
 ><< In adt cheaper than the Iridium voice transmission system, although if
you're alone and seriously injured it might be hard to tap out an e-mail post
on
itty-bitty keys, but at least with the GPS you could relay your exact
location. If I remember correctly, Orrbcom has a sale on through the end of
this month where they waive 6 months of service fees ( $30 per month ).
 >
 >                                ~ Al ~ >>
 >


Sounds like "overkill" to me.
 >
 >Charlie
 >
 
<< That was said about: 1- The lightbulb; 2- The heart catheter; 3- The
electric engine; 4- Penicillin .. and several others that escape me..most
notably was the Congressional proposal around circa 1912 to close the PTO
saying everything that could be invented of any practical use already had
been!

It sounds like right on the money to me...now there is multifunction in one
unit... and the possibilities one can extrapolate from his are endless! (Real-
time
 video fromt eh backcountry to the kids at home?) -- START ME UP!!!  >>


I apologize for not making myself clear on this matter. I used the term
OVERKILL to refer to the act of carrying a $1,500 device that I "might not
need," to replace a $150 device that "might not work" (in the Sierras) as
protection against something "that might not happen."

Charlie 
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