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To: Earlie who wrote (58288)	1/16/2001 4:48:22 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

Re: need for sat phone service. Some statistics to put it into perspective. 50 percent of the Earth's population have never used a telephone. 80 percent of Earth's population don't have a telephone in their home. 40 percent of the Earth's population live in Indonesia, China and India. Of those, only 6% have telephone service. 50% of the Earth's population live two or more hours from a telephone. I don't perceive most of those people as ever needing a small cell-type sat phone. Something heavy and sturdy that can be set up in a facility like a school or a government building makes the most sense to me. Iridium's new buyers said in their December conference call that they are hoping that humanitarian organizations will work with them to set up such services in the Third World. ee.surrey.ac.uk In the meantime, regional communications companies are establishing regional sat phone service - in your nation of Canuckistan, the one I am familiar with is Telesat, a wholly owned subsidiary of BCE, which is providing sat phone and satellite internet service to rural areas. telesat.ca telesat.ca