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To: Geoff Goodfellow who wrote (12743)	5/13/2000 1:28:00 PM
From: Rocket Scientist	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 29987

Geoff, the 1.60$/minute is not for a portable user terminal--it's for a "high gain/big dish" terminal, whatever that may cost or weigh, I don't know. When comparing prices to G* the nearest Inmarsat equivalent would be mini-M type unit for which the air time prices at the site you linked are 2.95$/minute, and the cost of the equipment is at least twice Gs. And yes, I know Inmarsat air time is "fully terminated." If you look at my post 12706 on this thread you will see that G prices, including LD vary with the destination, but are almost always significantly less than Inmarsat. I believe GEOs have their place...after all my interest in G* is mainly through Loral, whose bread and butter is GEOs...for data and broadcasting, they're great....they will be competitive in certain rural telephony applications as well. But as a cellular extension service for mobile users, G* is a substantially better, and cheaper, product.