> Iridium could have pivoted Agreed. One thing missing from the article is that the Iridium satellites only offer a paltry 2.4Kbps for data communications. In

> Iridium could have pivoted Agreed. One thing missing from the article is that the Iridium satellites only offer a paltry 2.4Kbps for data communications. In 1997 and 98 the business world was still largely on dial-up. Internet access on the road was patchy and incredibly expensive. If they'd pivoted to global data coverage at even 28-56K, I think they would have had a far more significant take up.