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Thuraya

towel401 · 2009-02-23 09:39:31

I see Thuraya is mentioned in the description of the forum. anyone here ever tried it? Back in the day when I had a SO-2510 I tried to sign up for GMPRS but didn't get too far. ordinary CSD did work though. The so-2510 is a very flimsy handset, poor quality firmware and all. I dunno if the sg-2520 is much better or if…

23-02-2009 10:39am

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towel401

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I see Thuraya is mentioned in the description of the forum. anyone here ever tried it?

Back in the day when I had a SO-2510 I tried to sign up for GMPRS but didn't get too far. ordinary CSD did work though. The so-2510 is a very flimsy handset, poor quality firmware and all. I dunno if the sg-2520 is much better or if their portable modems are any good.

the service itself is pricey enough. but not as bad as some of the phone companies charging 2c/kb. should be decent for checking email as long as you're not using that web based ****e that everyone seems to like these days

the way things are going with e-censorship and the big brother state they could soon get themselves a lot of new customers

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#2 23-02-2009 11:07am

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It's a 144kbs

However 3G /HSDPA *can* be slower

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#3 23-02-2009 11:11am

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444kb as well http://www.thuraya.com/en/article/thurayaip-1.html

but the thing you get through their phones is only 60/15

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