On 2 Jun., 18:45, sechumlib wrote:
< On 2007-06-02 12:07:49 -0400, "David Gee"
said:
< > "Stan" wrote in message
< >news:1miyh62smkjjl$.15jtg87u0gjxc.dlg@40tude.net...
< >> I hope to do a long, solo bicycle tour in Canada this Summer. I'd
be in
< >> southern Saskatchewan, southern Alberta (as well as in the Jasper
< >> area) and
< >> perhaps in eastern BC and might, now and then, have to call a
phone in
< >> Canada or in the US from Canada. Since I don't have and don't
really
< >> want a
< >> cell phone, I wonder how easy it is to find a pay phone in those
named
< >> provinces of Canada. I ask because I know that pay phones are
< >> disappearing
< >> here in the US and wonder if this is also happening in Canada.
<
< >> If they're still to be found in Canada, where? In gas stations?
In
< >> supermarkets? In shopping centers? Where?
<
< > Pay phones are still found in hotel lobbies, shopping malls,
Greyhound
< > depots, most supermarkets, hospital emergency rooms (!), BUT I
really
< > think you should reconsider a cellphone. Over such long
distances, you
< > will encounter events (accidents, injuries, wildlife distress,
Fenian
< > raids) or conditions (weather, grass fires) that you will want to
tell
< > others about. If most or all of your calls will be inside Canada,
just
< > buy a "pay as you go" phone for $70 - $100 just about anywhere.
<
< > BTW, for whatever reason, very few gas stations have them these
days,
< > but truck stops do!
<
< Yeah, I'd really be worried about Fenian raids! :-)
<
< But before considering a cell phone, I'd want to know (1) whether
the
< areas in which he'll be traveling have decent cell phone reception,
and
< (2) whether a cell phone system exists that facilitates (not just
< allows) calls to US numbers from Canada
Depends what type of cell phone and service provider you
plan to use. For gsm have a look at
http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/cou_ca.shtml
- map was kind of reliable for my travels to Canada
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