What is Iridium Dial-Up Data?
Iridium Dial-Up Data Service provides dial-up connectivity from a PC through your Iridium phone to another computer, a corporate network/LAN, or an ISP. This service offers a data rate of up to 2.4 Kbps. Use the Iridium Dial-Up Data service just as you would use the modem on your computer to dial a call through the public switched telephone network (PSTN). The only differences are that the dialed telephone number must conform to the international dialing pattern used by Iridium, and you will use your Iridium phone as the data modem. In essence, your Iridium phone acts as an external modem to your computer. • What is Iridium Direct Internet Data? Iridium Direct Internet Data Service provides connectivity from a PC, through your Iridium phone, directly to the Internet through dedicated servers at the Iridium gateway. This Iridium service utilizes transparent compression, resulting in a data rate of up to 9.6 kbps, depending on content. (Graphics and images will result in lower throughput
