Satillite Phone rental

[klfrodo]

Any recommendations for Satillite Phone rentals out of the LA area.

 

Have a new grandbaaby coming due during cruise plus may have to stay in constant contact for work.

 

PS. Still looking for spell checker

[derf5585]

PS. Still looking for spell checker

 

What you can do is compose the post on Word and then do a spell check and then "Copy" and "Paste" it into your post.

[Ddddddave99]

Who wants to go to the trouble of cut/paste? If I misspell, I'd hope you all would let it pass.

 

Nextel has a global phone. Try them.

[rgreenpc]

Any recommendations for Satillite Phone rentals out of the LA area.

 

Have a new grandbaaby coming due during cruise plus may have to stay in constant contact for work.

 

PS. Still looking for spell checker

 

 

By the time you pay for the sat phone rental and a block of airtime, you might as well just have them call you on the ship.

 

The calls are a lot more resonable than they were.

 

 

But.... if you really have to have one -

 

http://www.globalcomsatphone.com/rentals.html

 

http://www.telestial.com/satellite_phone_rental.htm

( I have used them )

( they have free incoming calls )

 

http://www.globalcellularrental.com/cell-phone-rental-services-satellite-rental.php

 

Notes - Choose a service that uses the Motorolla 9500 - its MUCH smaller than the Erickson ( that has the 5 mile high antenna ).

[freddiebud]

i don't want this to sound like a commercial but...

 

i work for a satellite communications company. you can rent phones by the day, week, month. and buy a block of minutes. it can be quite inexpensive.

 

i would suggest iridium service over globalstar, just because of the coverage. the above links are good. you can also check wcclp.com and roadpost.com.

 

by the way, the motorola 9500 has been replaced by the iridium 9505 and 9505a, both very small devices.

[Boston6]

Don't know if $$ is an issue here but the cheapest way to stay in contact is probably to buy internet access time on board and use e-mail.

[klfrodo]

Thanks for the replys.

 

No $$ is not an issue. Immediate access with verbal communications is.