Fax
Sending a fax over a satellite phone requires equipment that has an rj-11 port to plug (standard telephone jack) in a fax machine or fax software on a pc and data access.
As part of business contingency planning among other things, satellite telephone fax is available with many iridium and inmarsat bgan units which help to keep individuals, businesses and governments running smoothly. Fortunes favors the prepared mind. In a typical setting the RJ11 port is preferred for simplicity and typical for an office (stationary, sea or mobile) where there would be a fax machine.
Iridium
Satworx Iridium satellite phone services offer fax communications without geographical constraints on most hardware configurations however with a plug and play RJ11. Port 3 popular configurations are:
Inmarsat
Inmarsat Satworx Inmarsat satellite phone service utilizes broadband data from most equipment terminals with many access points.
FleetBroadband
Fleetbroadband 250/500 – marine units are multi-user fax capable. In addition to RJ11 these unit may connect to a fax device via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth.
BGAN
BGAN terminals excluding the Explorer 110 have an actual RJ11 port .However, all units will have Wi-Fi or Bluetooth connection which can substitute for an actual jack.
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