Sat Phone - Up and running

The visit to the telstra store I figured would be riddled with problems - but it was fairly painless.
I've put together a quick video showing it's first calls.
I had to change the diversion delay so that it wouldn't only ring once then goto voicemail (It takes about 30 seconds to actually ring the handset)
I also changed what happens when:
A) the device is out of range/off etc. - It now goes to a pleasant and descriptive 'Device is not responding' message
B) if we're on the phone - Just a busy signal

The main motivation for this was to cut down on the number of useless voicemail SMS messages. You would get one if you missed a call, get one if they went to voicemail but didn't leave a message, and also one if they went to voicemail and did leave a message.
SMS's are expensive, and using voicemail on this service is a huge waste of resources.
Sending us a text message should only be done if it's really important. Email will be best.
It was quite difficult to get rid of these 'value-added' services as if you cancel all diversions, they go to 'Voice2Text' which is not helpful. This page was handy: http://forums.mactalk.com.au/55/89553-telstra-how-disable-call-notification-sms-voice2text.html
I've been given some rough costs to expect using the this method:
30 sec = 2.06
1 min = 3.85
2:30 min = 9.22
3:00 min = 11.01
9:00 min = 32.49

The roaming rates for Mongolia & Russia are around $8/Minute anyway!

Everyone says you need to be on a $30/Month or above plan to use this trick, but now that I know it works, next month, I'll change it to a $10/Month plan and see what happens. From what I understand these calls wouldn't be included in your '$30 credit' anyway, so it makes more sense to get no included calls because you can't use them anyway. The upsides are huge, with the no contract, cancel any time, and possibly only a $10/month fee if it's not used.

Video is below - I know it's really boring and nerdy, but it could help some people appreciate the process including delays in answering calls etc. I would say there is a 15-30 second delay between the caller receiving 'Please expect a small delay connecting this call' and the handset beginning to ring.