300 bytes per second. And you pay per minute of conection time rather than data amount. In my mind The iridium network is cool, but a bit to outdated for anyth

300 bytes per second. And you pay per minute of conection time rather than data amount. In my mind The iridium network is cool, but a bit to outdated for anything other than phone conversations and stuff like remote sensors like Weather buoys. I am looking at the near future when it comes to "consumer" satelite communication, there is some stuff there.