[asterisk-biz] Antarctica.

[Paul Liew]

On Fri, 2009-03-20 at 16:41 -0700, John Todd wrote:
> Orbcomm, to my knowledge, is data-only and slow, asynchronous data at  
> that.  I used them extensively for a vehicle tracking company I ran a  
> while back.  I have a basement full of various Orbcomm gear, including  
> three new GSC100 handhelds - anyone want to make me an offer on it?   
> It still works great; in fact, they recently launched a few more birds.
> 
> The link to Palmer Station is geostationary, as are most ground  
> stations.  I don't know which satellite is used for the Internet/voice  
> traffic.  McMurdo and Scott are connected via Telecom New Zealand  
> satellite.  See notes herein:
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Base
> 
> I seem to recall someone telling me that there were experiments with  
> Asterisk at McMurdo.  More information would be interesting if anyone  
> has details.
> 
> JT
> 

Have a look at the following report:

http://searchvoip.techtarget.com.au/articles/23710-Australian-Antarctic-Division-adopts-Asterisk

We provided the training for them.

Paul
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