Built in systemic error -- hopefully the SPOT folks have corrected it.

from the link above:
Quote:
...Shortly after the distress signal went out, Mavromatis' wife, Loren, received a phone call from GEOS Alliance. She was asleep, so the report of the distress signal from her husband’s SPOT went to voicemail. ...
Until they fix the system response for emergency calls, SPOT is just a toy.
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Better is the Enemy of Good Enough.
Okay, what’s your point??