Are there any advantages or disadvantages to using SkyTerra service as compared to INMARSAT and Iridium services?
These other satellite communication providers offer service outside the footprint of SkyTerra satellites. However, their services require international dialing, which can be complicated for many users. SkyTerra has numerous advantages for customers within their footprint, which covers most of North America, the Caribbean, and Central America. Here are some of MOCOM1 / SkyTerra advantages. SkyTerra is the only satellite service company that: • Provides standard dialing sequence. • Offers toll free incoming calls service. That is, each satellite radio/telephone may be dialed toll free from any touch tone telephone anywhere within the PSTN. For example, let’s say that you have an MCOM1 satellite radio MSAT G2 setup at an emergency site in Alaska and the boss is on vacation in Puerto Rico, Hawaii, Maine, or the U.S. Virgin Islands. He or she, hearing of the emergency, can go to a phone booth on the corner and dial that satellite telephone’s toll free (800) number and it will ring at the em
