What You Need To Know Before Renting An Iridium Satellite Phone

What You Need To Know Before Renting An Iridium Satellite Phone by Gabriel Irowa Before renting a satellite phone in Canada or the United States, there are a listed of questions you should have on hand to ask your wireless sales or Iridium Satellite Service Provider. You may just require a regular wireless phone or Blackberry device if you plan to be in major cities around the world. Do you know if your wireless phone provider has coverage at your destination? Iridium satellite phones are the perfect solution for anyone traveling outside of cell phone coverage.

If you are absolutely sure that your destination is not covered by your wireless provider, the start searching online whether Yahoo or Google for free information on renting satellite phones. I would highly recommend using/renting the Iridium 9555 handset instead of the Iridium 9505A. The Iridium 9505A is the previous model to the Iridium 9555 satellite phone. With the Iridium 9555, users have up to 4 hours talk time compared to up to 3 hours of wireless talktime with the 9505A.

For users who really don't plan to make any calls on the satellite phone, then just go with the Iridium 9505A. Iridium phones do work basically anywhere in the world as long as the wireless Iridium satellite phone user has an open view of the sky. For travel vacations that take you into forest areas with lots of trees, keep in mind that you will at times have issues in receiving a satellite signal.

When it comes to satellite phone rental charges, always go for a low daily rental rate if your requirements are less than 2 weeks and go with the monthly rental if longer.

Another useful free Iridium rental tip to remember when renting satellite phones are the fees incurred by your wireless or landline phone callers to choose not to use the Iridium 2-Stage dialing phone number. Calling an Iridium satellite phone directly from a landline can be very expensive and the 480-768-2500 2 Stage Dialing number should be given to your contacts.

Most users of satellite phones seem to wait until they are at their destination to make Iridium test calls. It is highly recommended to test your satellite phone before leaving for your trip. Rent Iridium satellite phones from wireless telecom providers who offer free 24/7 support from the actual satellite phone. Having free satellite phone support from a landline is sort of useless since you will be in a remote location away from regular landline or cellular phones.

When renting an Iridium satellite phones, you can also purchase satellite prepaid card minutes or just pay by the minute. Iridium prepaid cards allow power users to save on the wireless voice and data usage by prepaying for minutes. A few Iridium service providers or wireless websites in Canada and the US offer 50 minute bundles up to 200 minutes worth of airtime. With satellite phone rentals, it's best to purchase less minutes than more as credits might not be issues for unused Iridium voice or data minutes. For low rates on renting Iridium or BGAN satellite phones, visit www.roadpost.com if you are based in the US and www.roadpost.ca if based in Canada.

By Gabriel Irowa

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