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Finding Your Maritime Satellite Bills

A Little Hard To Swallow?

Consider the common thousand on satellite equipment, porcupine blowfish. To large aquatic predators, it's fre- quently the cause of an acute case of indigestion. Which is an appropriate place for our analogy to begin. The satellite bill, you see, evokes a similar reaction from those who have grappled

FIGURE 1.

Without AT&T High Seas Direct. and we're suggesting you invest in a new system? Well, as it turns out, the hardware for AI&T

High Seas Direct is quite inexpensive. All you need to purchase is an AI&T High Seas Direct handset, which hooks straight into your

SSB radio. It sends and receives encoded with one. At nearly $10 a minute for a satellite call, we transmissions—which means your conversations are can understand why. But we also understand why you private—and allows you to dial direct rather than having can't afford to be without satellite communication at sea. to go through an operator. (It's the only radiotelephone of

You depend on it to keep your business , its kind on the market in the U.S.) Priced at running full steam ahead. So what's a captain to do? Use satellite only for data transmissions. For voice calls, use

AI&T High Seas Direct. You can get

FIGURE 2.

With AT&T High Seas Direct. around $1500, it can pay for itself in less than three and a half hours on the phone.

After which time your calls will be taking a significantly smaller bite out of your through from virtually anywhere for up to 75% less, which income. To sign up for AI&T High Seas Direct, to pur- would deflate your phone bill substantially. (Hence, fig- chase a handset, or for further information, call us at ure number two.) By now, of course, you may think our 1 800 392-2067. And you may never blow up "==• argument is sinking fast. You've already spent 30 or 40 over your satellite bill again. AT&T © 1994 AT&T

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