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Low Earth Orbit
LEO orbits are characteristics of satellites, not satellite phones. The whole paragraph about systems "tending to be LEOs" is misinformation.
Tapping of satellite phones
"Also such phones are said to be difficult to attact or trace which makes them a popular favorite for both terrorists and Drug Lords alike." Well, not entirely true. Locating the position of satellite phone users are normally very hard. But tapping them are not. That is, in usual cellular phone systems the system knows in which sector you are (and sectors are often very small) or can even measure your position better then that. But for satellite systems the "sectors" are more or less big as continents which means your position is a bit more secret. Unless some military signals tracking airplane is close by and hears your call. The US killed one Serbian officer in the 90's by hearing his calls and then dropping a modified radar homing missile tuned to home in on the frequency his phone used for that call... Anyway, about tapping satellite phone calls: Back when one of the systems (don't remember which) wanted to build a ground station in Italy the European authorities wanted to be able to tap the calls. The problem was that you don't know in which country the satellite phone user is so which country's police should be allowed to tap the call? After some discussion they came to this agreement: ANY police authority in Europe can connect in to that ground station and listen to ANY phone users calls without a court order. And they can listen to ANY call that system has, even if it is taken down in say an American ground station instead of the Italian one. Then the copied/tapped sound is routed over landlines from the American ground station to the Italian station and then on to the police authority somewhere in Europe. So tapping satellite phones at least in that system is easier for the police then to tap regular landline phone calls. At least that is how the news reported it here in Europe back then. --David Göthberg 03:37, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
Related Technologies or Alternatives?
Are there any related techologies or alternatives to Satellite phones that should be added? 71.93.238.53 15:27, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
Not really, maybe the commercial communication satellites they had in the good old days. The only alternative is a GSM phone, or fixed satellite uplink (VSAT). --The preceding unsigned comment was added by Towel401 (talk o contribs) 16:03:40, August 19, 2007 (UTC).
Popular Culture
I have flagged this section as *trivia* since it *is* essentially a trivia list and I think it is not appropriate to this article and should thus be deleted. I've not deleted it myself as I note that it was already deleted and then reverted in the past 24 hours. Any other thoughts? MarkPos 15:58, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
Definition, description or advertisment?
FIREBRANDGRIM 22:34, 28 October 2007 (UTC) while the article does answer some questions about the technology, it is still lacking isn't it?
The benefits, deficiencies and providers are all adequate, but the description of how it operates is still a flawed. while a general description does help, it doesn't provide Italic text any solid mechanism definitions at all. for example, what is the point of knowing where to put the machine unless you know how to use it? Similiarly, how can you define how it works if you don't have the information about its type of transmission? whats the point of having a seperate page for the same technology? unless 'earth stations' are used by other things, why not just have that info on the same page?
popular culture
while it shoudln't really be on that page, wouldn't it be better to make a link hub? there are the pages that come up when multiple variations or definitions of a word are present: why not make one like that, link it to the page simply as (presence in popular culture) and then have it link to whichever things it relates to? that would be much more appropriate, especially considering that there are already other pages like that.
Usage By Terrorists and Combatants
The Sat Phone has become a tool used my terrorists and combatants all over the world. This should be documented with specific cases. Someone can draft up this section. --Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.231.212.21 (talk) 06:45, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
FIREBRANDGRIM 23:16, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
Out of date article?
Text notes "another planned for launch in 2008". I am guessing (April 2009) that this means the article has dated and has some out of date information. Could an expert check over the content? Cheers! (a non-expert who wants to learn about satellite phones) --137.108.145.250 (talk) 13:21, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
Deleted Obvious and Unnecessary Biased Text
I deleted a somewhat random tangential sentence which read, "SatPhones are illegal in some countries ruled by oppressive regimes, like Burma."
Not only does this make a subjective judgement on a politically biased topic which has nothing to do with this entry, and names a specific example that is completely unrelated... but it also does not belong in the abstract of the encyclopedia entry. --Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.52.71.182 (talk) 06:22, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
China allows them?
I'm surprised China isn't among the countries listed as being against ordinary citizens using satphones; are they really ok with satphones? --TiagoTiago (talk) 15:38, 7 November 2011 (UTC)
Delay question
This article says this:
"The satellites sit at an altitude of 35,786 kilometres (22,236 mi); a noticeable delay is present while making a phone call or using data services due to the large distance from users."
My question: Everything in the EM travels at the speed of light, 186,000 miles per second. Shouldn't it only be a very small delay?--Wyn.junior (talk) 02:06, 10 April 2014 (UTC)
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What is the Frequency Band Satellite Phones Work On?
What is the frequency band satellite phones work on? I'm assuming it wouldn't be the same as cell phones.Teknozilla (talk) 09:21, 21 July 2017 (UTC)Teknozilla
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