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If you have a look at the coverage maps of any of Australia ’ s mobile phone telcos , you ’ ll see that , despite their claims that their networks are growing , there ’ s still a great swath of the continent that has no mobile coverage at all . In fact , you don ’ t have to travel too far into regional and remote areas to find yourself out of mobile phone range . If you ’ re a caravanner whose sole method of communication is a mobile phone , and you encounter an emergency situation , you could easily find yourself without any means of contacting the emergency services . That ’ s why you must consider carrying a satellitebased communications device .
A few months ago , we reviewed the ZOLEO Global Satellite Communicator and found that , for the majority of caravanners who are travelling the outback , it is a great , cost-effective way to communicate with anyone , anywhere in the country . But it is limited to text-based communications . What do you do if you need to physically talk to someone no matter where you are ?
The Iridium GO ! has built-in SOS functionality .
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