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Well, you better be ready to pay up. Which is the inherent problem here. Creating a robust, well-tested emergency satellite comms system that nobody uses day t
by perardi 3y ago
Well, you better be ready to pay up. Which is the inherent problem here.
Creating a robust, well-tested emergency satellite comms system that nobody uses day to day costs a lot of money to develop and maintain…and nobody wants to pay for that.
- toomuchtodo 3y agoA 300 min annual prepaid plan with Iridium, retail rate, is ~$1400/year. Assuming no government discounts, you're looking at probably less than $2M-$3M in phone costs for 535 members of Congress and first year service, with <$2M/year service upkeep. I assume it would be relatively straightforward to onboard another part of government assuming existing awards, based on my experience with US government contracting. https://www.usaspending.gov/recipient/586ca912-a43c-d9a3-fbd4-d5c1b9357dd4-P/latest https://www.usaspending.gov/recipient/586ca912-a43c-d9a3-fbd...