Re: [asterisk-biz] Antarctica.

Telephone communication into or out of Antarctica is usually via
satellite, as there are no undersea cables linking Antarctica to any
other continent. Typically Iridium or Inmarsat is used for voice,
though some organizations use VoIP over other satellite data service.

Locally, there are traditional land lines, and some bases have
cellular service.

Sincerely,
Trevor Hammonds

On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 7:51 PM, Eric Chamberlain <eric@rf.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Mar 19, 2009, at 11:31 PM, Alex Balashov wrote:
>
>> Anyone know how phone service is delivered to Antarctica?
>>
>> However it is, calling it is mighty expensive compared to typical LD
>> rates.  But I'm mainly curious as to the exact medium and
>> infrastructure, as well as the commercial operator(s) involved.
>
> When I was at Voxilla, we had an order for some PAP2T's that were
> shipped to Antarctica.
>
> --
> Eric Chamberlain, Founder
> RF.com - http://RF.com/

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