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To: djane who wrote (5504)	7/3/1999 10:38:00 AM
From: djane	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 29987

If anyone has any illusions that Inmarsat is G/I competition (post from I* yahoo thread) Top>Business and Finance>Stocks>Services>Communications Services>IRID (Iridium World Comm. Ltd.) Inmarsat vs I* by: shaggy_64 (M/USA) 18657 of 18725 I agree not having data ready sooner was a mistake. You are correct about the Mini-M connecting directly to a G3 fax or PC. How many people lug around a G3 fax machine when they travel? Certain industrial segments will, but most people won't. Data is important and most companies like construction, oil/gas, etc have big Inmarsat terminals for high speed data. These are not portable. Even for the Mini-M, they are much heavier and less convient to use. I* is a good enhancement to exploration teams that have a Mini-M. They can leave it someplace and everyone else has handsets they can move around while talking on. I've used a Mini-M before. I hated the delays, echo, etc. I had to hang up and call again some times because the call quality was so bad. The set-up takes several minutes and is a real pain in the neck. I much prefer the I* call setup: turn on phone, extent antenna, check for signal strength, make call (15 seconds). Mini-M has a 12 step process that take 3-5 minutes. I* has much better battery life and will let you leave the phone on to get a call or use I* paging to get a message. You can't do that with the Mini-M because they have not messaging service and you don't have enough battery life to leave it on too long. My contact tells me I* is working on data and expects to have it ready this year. I* data will be 2400bps just like the Mini-M. They haven't given up on Fax either. Inmarsat has had over 16 years to perfect this stuff, give I* a year. The I* handset is next generation stuff for voice and it will attract a lot of Inmarsat voice users. Posted: 07/02/1999 10:35 am EDT as a reply to: Msg 18643 by HQ200