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Re: Worldwide Cell phone Posted on: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 05:07:48 PDT

Lee Lindquist wrote:

>On Mon, 17 Apr 2006 23:29:27 -0500, Dillon Pyron
> wrote:
>
>>About half the (sailboat) cruisers I know have Iridium. Plan on
>>paying about $600 for one and $1.65 a minute. And use them only on
>>deck.
>
>...seems like a lot for Lake Travis.

Most of the folks I know who are on a budget use a single side band
instead of Iridium.

And I fail to see why a phone should be a fashion accessory - who
cares if it is 'brick like. For utility, I really prefer my old bag
phone, which was heavy, but had a serious antenna and a lot of power,
which incidentally was not directed at your brain - it was in the bag.
Plus I could see to dial even when the receiver was at my ear.

grandma Rosalie