"Frogwatch" wrote in message
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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?

get a pay as you go phone. If you don't use it much and select the
optimum carrier you can get by for under 10 dollars per month.

Of course that doesn't help in the middle of nowhere or far out to
sea.