krj wrote:
Howard wrote:

Hi,

Due to a small snafu and large grief from wife I am not the proud
owner of a used Iridium phone. "OK,OK, I will never, ever sail away
for 7-days without calling in. I promise, Honey, I promise!"

So, now I need to subscribe for a service. I will only need the
service intermittently. When sailing (Newfoundland and Nova Scotia),
when at my cabin in Pennsylvania, and when diving on an atoll in Belize.

Most months I will not use the service. When my wife is with me she
will use it to stay in touch with her office. (My purpose of goings is
to avoid my office.) I'm guessing we will use fewer than 100 minutes
per year.

In general I am looking at about $40/month service fee plus $1.50 or
so connection fee. Global Marine appears to be the best at $35/month
and $1.29/min. The connection fee is OK but the monthly is a killer.

Is this typical or is there some provider that can do better?

Many thanks,

Howard
Why not purchase a pre-paid card and use as needed with no monthly fee.
krj


The cards I saw were only good for a month or a year:
1. 50 min in a month or
2. 500 min in a year

They said that they could be "extended" but I presumed that there was a
renewal fee. No?