When a hurricane in Florida knocked out the power for 13 days where Eric Talman’s mother lived, she was able to call him on her satellite phone to keep in touch and let him know she was safe.
As vice president of the Satellite Phone Store, Talman is no stranger to the benefits of having a sat phone. From his 35,000 customers, he could rattle off endless examples of how the phones have come in handy—or been downright life saving—from adventurers stranded at sea or in remote backcountry who were able to contact rescue teams, to missionaries in the Congo who were able to evade an attack by militants thanks to a warning. In countries such as Syria, Burma, and Iraq, sat phones are used every day, Talman said.
