In article 78463242-63a8-4a3f-9333-aa92ae4d2b38
@j5g2000yqm.googlegroups.com, says...

I hate cell phones because they rarely work well for me and so I
rarely use them However, sometimes they are useful but then I am in a
place where they do not work (say 10 miles out to sea).
So, considering how little I use a cell phone and that I still pay
roughly $40/month, why not buy a satellite phone that gives me real
coverage. A reconditioned Motorola Iridium phone costs $695 and then
it costs roughly $1.99/minute ( I will not talk on any cell phone for
more than a minute).
A Globalstar phone is about $400 and they have various plans for about
$30/month with small amounts of free time (about an hour/month).
I never text or take pics with a phone so just the basics is good for
me.
Thoughts?

Well, folks pay 2-600 for IPhones and such too so the price is not out
of line. If you are truly going to only use it say 20-30 bucks a month
max, you would not spend more on it monthly than a regular cellular
plan, except that CP would probably be more or less unlimited... But if
you don't need unlimited, and you do seem to be out on a boat a lot, I
would say, get the Sat Phone.

Scotty