The iridium phone system has been shut down. The satellites are still up and
actively controlled in case there is a buyer for the system.
Eric Hildum
Director, CTC Business Unit
Itochu Technology Inc.
3100 Patrick Henry Drive
Santa Clara, CA 95054-1850 USA
Tel: +1-408-653-2818
Fax: +1-408-727-4619
> From: "Oliver, Simon" <sbo@lubrizol.com>
> Reply-To: keitai-l@appelsiini.net
> Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 03:46:05 -0400
> To:
> "'keitai-l%appelsiini.net@interlockp.lubrizol.com'"<keitai-l@appelsiini.net>
> Subject: (keitai-l) Re: i-Mode searchengines?
>
> In fact, a variation of the pneumatic-tube system is still being used by the
> Post Office in France to send documents between cities. Morse code has
> stopped being used though, and I believe 8mm film is no longer being
> produced. Are people still using iridium phones anywhere?
>
> - Simon Oliver
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Turner [SMTP:leap%gol.com@interlockp.lubrizol.com]
> "Š.The only communications medium that ever really did go away was that
> pneumatic-tube system,
> last seen in the movie Brazil."
>
>
>
>
Received on Tue Aug 1 20:37:13 2000