Brett Winton: 1998 年，你可以注册 PCS，以 200 美元的价格购买一部诺基亚手机，并以每分钟 0.15 美元的价格享受通话时间。正是来自地面蜂窝的竞争扼杀了铱星最初的商业计划值得注意的是，卫星通信正在进入捆绑包

Posted on 2023-01-07

原推：In 1998 you could sign up with PCS, get a Nokia handset for $200 alongside a bundle of talk-time at $0.15 per minute.

It was competition from terrestrial cellular that killed Iridium’s original business plan