Spot off ...WTF?

On Monday, March 31, 2014 7:37:07 PM UTC-4, Dan Marotta wrote:
Why is it ironic that there's no subscription fee for a PLB?

iro·ny noun \ˈī-rə-nē also ˈī(-ə)r-nē\

(second definition)
: a situation that is strange or funny because things happen in a way that seems to be the opposite of what you expected

Since PLB is better for notifying SARS than SPOT/INREACH, it is strange and funny that it has no subscription fee (of course the initial cost of a PLB is higher than SPOT and SPOT offers tracking).

So, you're saying that you'd subscribe to, say, DirecTV, but never turn it
on?


"son_of_flubber" wrote in message
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On Monday, March 31, 2014 7:37:07 PM UTC-4, Dan Marotta wrote:
Why is it ironic that there's no subscription fee for a PLB?

iro·ny noun \ˈī-rə-nē also ˈī(-ə)r-nē\

(second definition)
: a situation that is strange or funny because things happen in a way that
seems to be the opposite of what you expected

Since PLB is better for notifying SARS than SPOT/INREACH, it is strange and
funny that it has no subscription fee (of course the initial cost of a PLB
is higher than SPOT and SPOT offers tracking).