Take Your Network with You!

For better or worse — we live in a networked world. Even in the remote Hida Alps on a recent trip to Japan (to partic­i­pate in the 50^th anniver­sary of the estab­lish­ment of Sukyo Mahikari) — telephone and Internet connec­tions were in demand for my fellow travel­ers who had made the trip to make a spiri­tual connec­tion (with the spiri­tual lineage of Light). From this remote location, they felt the need to stay connected with people on the other side of the globe.

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OODAkit FAQs

Here are the OODAkit FAQs. But if we missed your questions, please post it the comment field below so we can include it!

Mobile Satellite Broadband - Expensive Huh!?

Many people are under the impres­sion that satel­lite commu­ni­ca­tions are expen­sive. Well — it’s really all relative.

Nearly all satel­lite service providers have customiz­able plans to match an organization’s budget constraints. Numerous satellite-based Internet services at remote (fixed) locations are avail­able with monthly fees typically ranging from $49 to $99 (compet­i­tive with terres­trial rates).

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Communications Portability

Much like having no potable water, having commu­ni­ca­tions assets that aren’t portable is not all that useful. Imagine if your cell phone were the size of your suitcase (or even as small as your laptop). Just how useful would that be?

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Resiliency=f(comms)

Organizational resiliency is a function of avail­able commu­ni­ca­tions which is a direct function of your prepared­ness posture. Without commu­ni­ca­tions you are up zee creek (if there’s any water left)! Ok if there’s no water left you are really up zee creek! Better call somebody…oh darn…the phones aren’t working and the power is out! … Geez my cell phone battery is dead…oh well the cell service is down too. — Now what! … Hope I can find my car keys.

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Are We Prepared? Why Bother?

Did  you ever think to ask your local first respon­ders (fire, police, emergency manage­ment)  how prepared we are for natural disasters?

Is your local commu­nity suffi­ciently prepared to meet the needs of you and your neigh­bors when a disas­ter strikes? Do you know who is respon­si­ble, what resources they can access, and how quickly they can respond?

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Never Forget Disaster while Enjoying Peace

Complacency turns mere emergen­cies into disas­ters. Much like taking the bless­ings of nature for granted has yielded a fragile environ­ment intol­er­ant of more abuse,  postponing disas­ter prepared­ness because it’s been awhile is like piling combustible materi­als in the direct path of a raging forest fire. It will burn out of control.

Do you ever wonder why most experts suggest stock­pil­ing 2 weeks of criti­cal supplies when, until recently, the recom­men­da­tion has been 3 days?

Timely Connections for Uncertain Times

OODAkits deliver phone and Internet services not subject to Mother Nature or geography.