Well -

There is Qualcomm and their Globalstar
satellite comm/data system ... *still* in
operation (as opposed to Iridium).

www.globalstar.com

Jim


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From: "Bond Peter S-petbond1" <Peter.s.Bond@MOTOROLA.COM>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 2:41 PM
Subject: Re: [OT]: Long range position feedback anyone ?


> Well, You could use an Iridium Satelite Phone and
> hook it up to a modem, and just have it dial up
> once a day.  This might be expensive though.

Hah.

Peter.  A Motorolan.

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