BGAN

The amazing technology of this day allows us to communicate with our leaders in Indonesia. We have a satellite phone for emergencies and outgoing calls. We also have a system called BGAN to send emails. It connects to a satellite and then sends the message. We are charged a flat rate and beyond the allowed minutes we are charged for each additional minute.

I am writing about this because right now the BGAN is out of operation. It is being repaired but could take some time to be installed at the base.

We are actually looking for a better system. Hopefully we can upgrade the communications. These are the challenges to being so remote. We are at the end of the earth.