GSM in Antarctica! - Page 2

kiwisteve · 24-09-2009, 01:26

The battery would freeze unless you had it well covered in internal pockets !! Most of the Comms is on Intelsat @169 E and linked back to NZ and USA

meir · 24-09-2009, 20:49

Excellent. If there is someone going to buy SIM card for himself, please get one for me as well. Thanks in advance.

P.S. I invite you in to my Hong Kong place until you are totally defrosted.

GadgetKen · 04-10-2009, 03:16

An Antarctica sim card would definitely be a collector's item!

Roaming rates in Antarctica are expensive. AT&T postpaid is US$2.29/minute at the Argentinian Marimbio base(they have a CTI Movil/Nokia GSM base station). An Iridium satphone would be less at US$1.49/minute or less. Probably a better deal if someone were stationed there...but I doubt there are bargain rates for international calls since all calls have to go via satellite.

Personally I'd much rather be using my Digicel prepaid sim chip in Bermuda or the Caribbean from a nice sunny beach!

monkeyboy · 09-03-2010, 05:48

many are called, few are frozen...

vegemite · 10-05-2010, 23:40

Polar bears are northern hemisphere. Penguins are southern hemisphere. Antarctica is an actual continent, in the southern hemisphere, with possibly 10,000 or more people?

vegemite · 17-05-2010, 08:13

Polar bears are in the NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, we are talking about Antarctica which is in the SOUTHERN hemisphere.. Geesh.

petkow · 17-05-2010, 08:46

"Chill"

The geography lesson you've tried to give us twice already happened half a year ago at the head of the thread and the quote by DrNewcomb (quoted above) was in response to that.

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kiwisteve (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Pioneer Posts: 526 Join Date: 14 Jan 2004 Location: Aotearoa / New Zealand Country:	24-09-2009, 01:26 The battery would freeze unless you had it well covered in internal pockets !! Most of the Comms is on Intelsat @169 E and linked back to NZ and USA Prepaid Sims Spark NZ, Skinny , 2 Degrees , Vodafone NZ and Australia, EE UK , Travel Sim , Plus Poland Phones: GSM: Nokia 5110 , 6110 , 6310i , UMTS - LG P970 ZTE R54 Galaxy Mini Samsung GTE3210 LTE 4G / 700Mhz Samsung J1 and J 2 LTE 4G / 1800 Vodafone 890N . Samsung Tablet CDMA: Nokia 6385 ( now dead ) TDMA / AMPS Nokia 6120 ( all dead ) SMS contact and Tests +64 20 4577475

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meir (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 269 Join Date: 21 Feb 2006 Location: It's long story Country:	24-09-2009, 20:49 Excellent. If there is someone going to buy SIM card for himself, please get one for me as well. Thanks in advance. P.S. I invite you in to my Hong Kong place until you are totally defrosted.

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GadgetKen (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 342 Join Date: 14 Dec 2004 Location: Connecticut, USA Country:	04-10-2009, 03:16 An Antarctica sim card would definitely be a collector's item! Roaming rates in Antarctica are expensive. AT&T postpaid is US$2.29/minute at the Argentinian Marimbio base(they have a CTI Movil/Nokia GSM base station). An Iridium satphone would be less at US$1.49/minute or less. Probably a better deal if someone were stationed there...but I doubt there are bargain rates for international calls since all calls have to go via satellite. Personally I'd much rather be using my Digicel prepaid sim chip in Bermuda or the Caribbean from a nice sunny beach! Phones/Wireless Devices: Doogee S90, Isatphone Pro, Amazon Kindle 3G, SkyRoam MiFi device, Karma MiFi device, AT&T Liberate MiFi device Sim Cards: T-Mobile (Mint), AT&T (Mifi device or Kindle), Koko Satphone: InMarSat Broadband US Wireless Data: AT&T postpaid, Sprint (Karma Mobility prepaid) Broadband International Data: SkyRoam VOIP: Skype

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monkeyboy (Offline) Member Official Member Posts: 31 Join Date: 03 Jun 2005 Country:	09-03-2010, 05:48 many are called, few are frozen...

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vegemite (Offline) Member Advanced Member Posts: 48 Join Date: 10 May 2010 Location: Australia Country:	10-05-2010, 23:40 Polar bears are northern hemisphere. Penguins are southern hemisphere. Antarctica is an actual continent, in the southern hemisphere, with possibly 10,000 or more people? HTC Desire (unlocked UK version) / Nokia E71 (Wife's phone) / 3 Australia Post Paid SIM (both) Looking for data / voice SIMS for Europe in August 2010 - UK, France, Italy, Austria, Croatia and Bosnia

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vegemite (Offline) Member Advanced Member Posts: 48 Join Date: 10 May 2010 Location: Australia Country:	17-05-2010, 08:13 Polar bears are in the NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, we are talking about Antarctica which is in the SOUTHERN hemisphere.. Geesh. HTC Desire (unlocked UK version) / Nokia E71 (Wife's phone) / 3 Australia Post Paid SIM (both) Looking for data / voice SIMS for Europe in August 2010 - UK, France, Italy, Austria, Croatia and Bosnia

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petkow (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Pioneer Posts: 696 Join Date: 01 Aug 2006 Location: Madrid Country:	17-05-2010, 08:46 "Chill" The geography lesson you've tried to give us twice already happened half a year ago at the head of the thread and the quote by DrNewcomb (quoted above) was in response to that.