GL: Email & Telephone

[Henry Quigley]

Lots of talk about Verizon; now T-Mobile. has anybody used Sprint?
We have Sprint cell and unlimmited use on Sprint mobile broadband. We were told that the Sprint roaming in Canada is 59 cents a minute unless you contract for minutes at $2.99 per month and then 20 cents a minute. That sounded pretty good to us.
Any thoughts; anybody use this?
Henry
M/V Mary M
North Pacific 43

---- Original message ----
>Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 17:40:00 -0400
>From: "Jane Hubben" <moomoobubby at msn.com>  
>Subject: GL: Email & Telephone  
>To: great-loop at lists.samurai.com
>
>There has been much discussion about Verizon as cell phone and aircard 
>carrier while on the Great Loop.  No one has mentiooned T-Mobile, a GSM 
>carrier, which might be another option.
>
>In particular, we use a T-Mobile Dash, a combination PDA, cell phone and 
>modem.  One can download email on the Dash alone or plug it into laptop for 
>bigger screen.  One of the nicer features is that even while it is 
>funtioning as a modem for the laptop, the cell phone can be used at the same 
>time to receive or send calls.  In our T-Mobile plan, there is unlimited 
>internet access as well as 500-1000 cell phone talking minutes, 
>Monday-Friday; unlimited on weekends.
>e
>It also has free International Roaming which would cover Canada....  Check 
>it out.
>
>2nd question would be how to recommend dredging to Engineers or USCG in the 
>Little Wicomico River, Smith Point harbor.  Fabulous anchorage  once inside 
>inlet, this side of Potomac, but now has treacherous shoaling coupled with 
>fast moving current.  Volunteer rescue group plus Smith Point Marina saved 
>the day -- and boat -- for this boater.  Many thanks.
>
>
>
>Michael and Jane
>Aboard Swan Song
>Now in Chesapeake City, en route to Cleveland from FL
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