GlobalCom now offers the Globalstar E-Star Emergency Plan
Customers have been asking for it and now it is here. Many customers have told us they want a phone for only critical emergency use, but do not wish to purchase a package of minutes. The E-Star Emergency Plan is designed for this type of customer. This type of customer wants a “pay as you go” service. This will allow more customers to take advantage of this new low cost service. This new service will allow customers to have the peace of mind that they can stay in touch in the event the local telephone infrastructure is disrupted.The E-Star Emergency plan is very affordable at only $29.95 per month. Calls are a simple flat rate of $1.49 per minute from anywhere in the U.S. and Caribbean to everywhere in the U.S. Voice mail is a option for $7.95 a month and Express Data is a option for $9.95 a month. The reliable Globalstar satellite service offers phone service in areas where landline and cellular is not available or disrupted. The Emergency plan will have 60 second rounding of the voice minutes instead to the 30-second rounding available on the other plans after the first full minute. There is no package minutes included with this plan. The customer simply has a “pay as you go” service. A minimum of two lines of service must be initially activated with the Emergency plan. A one year service agreement is required. Customers can combine the Emergency Plan with any other active line of service. If a customer’s contract has expired they can change to the Emergency Plan with no penalty.
Why must there be two phones activated with service? When trying to establish communication in an area where the landline and cellular networks are disrupted a satellite phone will not be able to make an inbound calls into a landline or cellular network that is not functioning. With this in mind to establish completely reliable communication you must bypass the telephone systems that is disrupted. The Globalstar satellite system does not rely on terrestrial telephone systems when communicating from satellite phone to satellite phone. A number of satellite phone users did not understand this after hurricane Katrina. When using a satellite phone to call a disrupted landline it does not make the disrupted landline suddenly function. Communicating between satellite phones would bypass the disputed area of terrestrial telephone service. The way is works when communicating from Globalstar phone to Globalstar phone the signal starts from the handset or fixed site unit goes to anywhere from one to four of the 48 Globalstar satellites in the constellation where it is relayed to a ground station where it is sent back up to a the satellite constellation and then down to the other handset of fixed site unit. This way is does not use the terrestrial landline or cellular telephone service in anyway. This is why satellite communication is critical to emergency communications. For more information no how the Globalstar system works to go this link Globalstar Satellite Phones
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