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[–] BlueEther@no.lastname.nz 9 points 1 week ago (3 children)

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.

[–] thevoyagekayaking@lemmy.nz 3 points 5 days ago

Ouch. How many units do you have in service?

The weather forecast that Inreach offers is also excellent, hopefully there will be a way to replicate that over cell service.

[–] fallaciousreasoning@lemmy.nz 3 points 6 days ago

Funnily enough, that's exactly why I was digging in to it

[–] dr_jekell@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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.

[–] BlueEther@no.lastname.nz 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] dr_jekell@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I am just jaded about all these new services touting how great it is and have been burnt in the past.

Was just trying to warn you to look at the T&C for the service and thoroughly test it before dropping your other service.

[–] BlueEther@no.lastname.nz 5 points 6 days ago

Yeah, it would come with a full H&S review if we did change