This was long ago in ancient times. Like almost 7 or 8 years. :-) Before
Iridium and Globestar everything was geosync. Inmarsat (B, M and Mini-M)
were all there was. The unit was about the size of a lap top with a
telephone hand set attached. You aim the lid at the satellite. Had a
9600bps dataport too. This device looks like a stylized version of those
old sat phones but with ADSL. .

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"krj" wrote in message
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Glenn Ashmore wrote:
Looks like it goes to a geosynchronus satellite. Use d a satphone for
several years over a geosync. Very picky. Useless on a boat. Had to
sit on the dock and let the people walking by be bewildered by the nut
case sitting on the dock talking on the phone.

What satphone system uses geosync satellites? Both Iridium and Globalstar
use LEO satellites.
krj