fallaciousreasoning@lemmy.nz to Aotearoa / New Zealand@lemmy.nzEnglish · 24 hours agoOne New Zealand successfully sends first text messages via spacemedia.one.nzexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down12
arrow-up117arrow-down1external-linkOne New Zealand successfully sends first text messages via spacemedia.one.nzfallaciousreasoning@lemmy.nz to Aotearoa / New Zealand@lemmy.nzEnglish · 24 hours agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squareBlueÆther@no.lastname.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·23 hours agoCan’t wait, this could save us $15,000 a year in inReach access fees if we switched to just PLB and phone access for messaging.
minus-squarefallaciousreasoning@lemmy.nzOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours agoFunnily enough, that’s exactly why I was digging in to it
minus-squareDr Jekell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 hours agoYou might want to look at the reliability guarantee if any that One NZ will give the satellite text message feature. Most likely in their T&C there will be verbiage that says not to use it as a replacement for dedicated services.
minus-squareBlueÆther@no.lastname.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·14 minutes agoThat is why I said PLB plus txt. The satellite txt function of inReach is a fantastic function, but there is a 20min round trip. If Starlink and One Network can get that down that would be great.
Can’t wait, this could save us $15,000 a year in inReach access fees if we switched to just PLB and phone access for messaging.
Funnily enough, that’s exactly why I was digging in to it
You might want to look at the reliability guarantee if any that One NZ will give the satellite text message feature.
Most likely in their T&C there will be verbiage that says not to use it as a replacement for dedicated services.
That is why I said PLB plus txt. The satellite txt function of inReach is a fantastic function, but there is a 20min round trip. If Starlink and One Network can get that down that would be great.