Hi Dan, I just remembered speaking to someone last year who said that the older style iridium handsets can be bought second hand for a lot less than the new motorollas from Telstra. Apparently a lot of them got dumped onto the market when the new model came out. The one that I have used is the old model and although it's a bit clunky and heavy (about 900g) they're really not too bad. You do have to pay the Telstra plan though (minimum $360/yr from the website). Again, still a lot of $$$, and too much for me to justify. Let me know if you're at all interested and I could try to track down the site.
Good luck,
Andrew |