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Date: Thursday, July 13, 2000 2:01 PM
Subject: RE: Re: Best cell phone service for cruisers
>I have Bell Atlantic with a Qualcomm cell phone.
>For $79 I got the cord that plugs the cell fone
>into the serial port of the laptop on the boat.
>I dial my ISP and get a 14.4 connection everytime
>and have never had a drop in the connection.
>
>This, then, is in effect a "wireless modem" for
>which I pay airtime. For $50/mo my plan allows two fones
>in the family to call each other with no airtime
>or other charges. Other calls are at 15 cents a
>minute, but I get 300 minutes free airtime on those.
>I rarely exceed the 300 minutes, and calls to my
>wife's cell fone dont cost; so in effect I get web access
>and e-mail for $50.00 a month.
>
>There is also a web browser feature with the fone,
>but the screen is so small that it takes forever to
>scroll thru a message and there, of course, are no
>graphics. This costs $6.95 a month, but after the
>3-month free trial period is up, i am going to
>drop it inasmuch as the cell + laptop is much better.
>
>----
>73
>Jim, K2JXW, USA Lighthouse Coordinator
>Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society
>http://www.waterw.com/~weidner/arls.htm
>http://www.waterw.com/~weidner/lh-ham.htm
>http://www.waterw.com/~weidner/lighthouses.htm
>http://www.waterw.com/~weidner/LH-day-table.htm
>
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