Iridium GO Satellite WiFi HotSpot
The Iridium GO Satellite Wi-Fi Hotspot runs on the Iridium satellite network and provides your devices with a 24 kbps narrowband internet connection.
Being a device that runs on the Iridium network the Iridium GO will provide you with a satellite connection anywhere on earth including the polar regions.
However, Iridium GO’s narrowband satellite data connection is extremely slow; for specialised use only – and definitely not for general internet applications.
Iridium GO is great for plain-text emails and small attachments sent via the Mail & Web app for Iridium GO which you will find in your favourite app store.
The Iridium GO Satellite Wi-Fi Hotspot is also great for satellite voice calls, and has some particularly attractive features and uses for maritime applications.
Download the Iridium GO Brochure.
Charles Brookson –
Always wonder about the risks as an early adopter!: Got one of these and have used the Android applications, registered for a @myiridium.net Email address and followed the instructions to download the Go! Application, Email and Web and XWeb (Firefox). Found when I changed the password on Email it did not change for receive, so I had to erase and reload Email. You can arrange for it to collect Email from other accounts, or just forward to your address.
Now all is working well. I can send SMS, GPS positions, Email, Facebook (with pictures), Twitter and get weather reports. A few rough edges but it all works …… although it is quite slow – which is my only gripe with it at present. However I’ve heard Iridium may give the GO a bandwidth upgrade on its new network launching in 2016.
The ordering process and support was very good from Ashbury Satcomm.
Peter Owens –
Bought one of these as the iSatHUb does not work at sea. I knew Iridium GO! is MUCH slower than the iSatHub but for a skipper out at sea with limited data usage that wasn’t much of a concern for me. We installed the GO with a mast mounted antenna above deck and the Iridium GO below deck. This cost us far less than an Iridium phone with docking station would have cost, and we can all use the GO wirelessly from our mobile phones. The Iridium apps for sending texts and makign voice calls are quite nice too.