[pct-l] Phone service

[Tortoise]

AFAIK, all the national plans offer nation wide calling as long as you 
can connect with their network no matter where in the US you live.
Rates vary with plan and roaming (out of local area) can be high.

If you want a cell phone for just your hikes, look into the prepaid 
plans -- some have low monthly fees but relatively high per minute 
fees.  But if the phone is only for urgent needs and to occasionally 
tell someone back home that your are OK or update you shipments, this is 
probably the best option.

Something else to check out -- look into the calling cards available in 
many stores. You can use them with any land-line including pay phones 
(if you can find one) and not worry about running up someone else's 
phone bill or reimbursing them.

Tortoise

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Trekker4 at aol.com wrote:
> In all this chatter about gadgets, some of which is  beyond me, I don't 
> think anyone has pointed out that unless one, for instance me  living in TX, is 
> on a national plan of some sort, one would not have cell  phone service in 
> CA, OR, or WA. It doesn't matter whose network you're on, so  again, think 
> KISS. 
>     And again, your phone probably only puts out about  .3 watts; even 
> God's plan and service won't help you if you're in the wrong  spot, on the wrong 
> day, in the wrong weather, got a big person standing too  close, got your 
> back to the signal, have your head tilted wrong, standing in  front of the 
> wrong tree, or in the wrong mood.
>  
> Bob  "Trekker"
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