[Ndr] just fyi

[Nicholas Harland]

Nah, the efforts that I am aware of are for the public. The government solution is bringing in pallets of satellite phones daily as mentioned in the sitrep. Which actually brings up another issue with this misguided kickstarter

Government and military have contracted priority on iridium. It was already congested with southcom traffic pre-Maria. With so many more priority devices coming into the area, iridium is going to be nearly unusable for non-priority devices. 

All of the NGOs are now using Inmarsat phones for this reason. 

In addition, the delorme/garmin is a shitty device for this. For a few hundred bucks more you could use an iridium go which is way more capable and has a similar unlimited message plan as the inreach.

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> On Sep 30, 2017, at 5:14 AM, Martin Hannigan <hannigan at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Nick,
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> Aren't most of the NGOs deploying VSATs servicing mostly government? Do they serve the public as well? If the latter, yeah, good intentions.
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>> On Sat, Sep 30, 2017 at 4:16 AM, Nicholas Harland <nharland at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I'm sure this person means well, but there are already several fully funded NGO/Private efforts to restore some voice & sms service rapidly, including one that includes operating equipment on licensed frequency (with permission) along with transparent satellite backhaul - similar to how digicell restored their service in the BVI
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>> I received a sitrep from a communications team on the ground today:
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>> The situation on the ground is this: communications are essentially non-existent. This is making it very difficult for everyone, including local, and federal governments to operate and coordinate. Fuel is a big issue, but relief is just around the corner. Macro has hundreds of loaded fuel trucks inbound to help critical facilities like hospitals, water treatment facilities, etc. Sprint, T-Mobile, and AT&T both have their top teams here repairing the networks, but it will be a long time until there’s complete service restoration without the need for generator. Power and electricity will remain down until linesman and trucks begin work on repairing the lines, which won’t happen in earnest until the fuel situation stabilizes. Most of the big telco companies are bringing very large security teams, but it’s unclear whether this is totally necessary, or if it’s just an over-precaution. Satellite phones are a hot commodity down here; pallets are arriving almost daily for government teams and civilians looking for a temporary solution until the telcos are stable. 
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>> Nick Harland
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