Looking at renting a satellite phone for near costal (100, max 200 miles
out) run up the east coast; a rental website warned me off Globalstar,
saying it didn't reach far offshore (pushing me to rent an Iridium for
more ). A Globalstar dealer just told me it works fine out to Bermuda.
Anyone with any experience in this ?

Go for the Iridium. People who chose GlobalStar
always regret the decision. Global Star has major
problems in the Caribbean too--where it is supposed
to have good coverage. Dropped calls are the norm.

"barret bonden" wrote
Looking at renting a satellite phone for near costal (100, max 200 miles
out) run up the east coast; a rental website warned me off Globalstar,
saying it didn't reach far offshore (pushing me to rent an Iridium for
more ). A Globalstar dealer just told me it works fine out to Bermuda.
Anyone with any experience in this ?