True
But as you said, surely it would save a lot of cash by retrofitting a new radio module with data facilities than by losing serious amounts on insurance :|
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:10, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

I don't think it would save on insurance, and the costs mean creating a world-wide network of recievers.
The cost of SatPhones, on rent, is huge, and I don't think that network could handle the traffic.... there are a lot of planes out there.

You could say about quad-band, but planes go to places outside of quad-band reception quite a lot (eg, the middle of the alantic).
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:26, Reply)