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Fox McCloud
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 Great idea if cost is competitive/low...otherwise this sucks

If they could make future phones (or already released ones) support satellite calls, with little to no extra charge, and if they operated on the standard "XXX minutes per month" model, and the price was the same (or close) to terrestrial cellphone service prices, I'd say it could work....big problem; that's a lot of "if"'s.

I can't see this working, as service will be far to expensive, even for most of those who live in urban areas.

Otherwise, if a nationwide satellite phone service could be established that used the satellite network and the terrestrial network for 99% coverage (and the price was about the same same, or only $10-$20 more, per month), it could work....but,like I said, that's not going to happen.
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