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Re:Polish charity gets huge phone bill thanks to stork by tgb on Wednesday July 04, 2018 @09:27AM (#17457133)
Do these use a SIM card? Thought they were satellite. That's what the first thing I googled seemed to agree with too ( https://www.yachtingworld.com/features/epirbs-plbs-and-man-o... ).
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Re:Polish charity gets huge phone bill thanks to stork by isostatic on Wednesday July 04, 2018 @10:17AM (#17457382)
Yes, wouldn't be good in an emergency when out trekking if it needed a nearby base station!
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