On 12/8/05, Scott Penrose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One product already exists. No good for Australia because it uses GSM > - and it needs to use CDMA (probably) and SMS, rather than constant > GPRS over GSM. > We do have a problem in Australia though - GSM is not spread out > enough and will never be due to the way the cells work. CDMA will be > shut down in a few years. I think we really have no choice but to > wait till we get something like WiMax - which will probably replace > CDMA and has about 30K range etc.
Maybe it sounds crazy but how about renting sattelite phones (e.g. http://www.satellitephonestore.com/, found from http://www.google.com.au/search?q=satellite+phone) or get one of the sattelite phone providers to sponsore a competition (thus you can hopefully get free phones AND the sponsors pays for advertisements which mention the competition) I could think up ways to cut down the traffic when multiple gliders are close enough to exchange FLARM data among themselves but I suspect I've been too long outside the bunker so I'll shut up now. --P _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
