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Once again im not much of a prepper or survivalist, but this seems like the right forum. Im going through a phase of just being tired of thing not working.No carriers work at my house, i often have landline trouble. When i travel certain areas require different carriers. I buy throw away phones and have several. There very good for what they are. When they get low on minute but have alot of service life i just leave them in equipment i use as a safety precation.
For about 6 years i didn't even own a cell. This year i tried carrying a samsung s4 smart phone...well that was an awful experience they were about $100 and lasted an average of 30 days before id break them...im a real ball buster about calling people out on having a broken phobe and not fixing it..
my travel Solution has been to carry one phone and leave compatible sim cards in with the battery..
So im about to take a dive and try a sat phone, i am aware of how they differ from your standard cell.
The phone price isnt even bad when compaired to a top of the line smart phone.
the plan im looking at is $450 a year prepaid....not out of line with what most people pay yearly for a decent plan.
what made me hesitant though was for $60 they provide you a US number instead of your international number. So when family and friends call the US number it uses my cell minutes...
I was really counting on using the free incoming calls but if they call the international bumber it costs like $3-$12 a min! Mine would be prepaid but if i had a contract its like $1 a min if you exceed your plan.. which isnt unlike how all cell contracts use to be 15 years ago.
So in summary since i dont use more minutes in a year than i prepaid for this experiment wont cost me more than i would spend if i ran out and got the latest apple or android device.
Does anyone have any experience with any of this?
Tell me why i shouldnt do this?
If i do get one and like it, ill probably get one for my mother rather than her getting gouged $12 to call me..if I dont get her one im making her take mine when she head's back to the mohawk trail.
For about 6 years i didn't even own a cell. This year i tried carrying a samsung s4 smart phone...well that was an awful experience they were about $100 and lasted an average of 30 days before id break them...im a real ball buster about calling people out on having a broken phobe and not fixing it..
my travel Solution has been to carry one phone and leave compatible sim cards in with the battery..
So im about to take a dive and try a sat phone, i am aware of how they differ from your standard cell.
The phone price isnt even bad when compaired to a top of the line smart phone.
the plan im looking at is $450 a year prepaid....not out of line with what most people pay yearly for a decent plan.
what made me hesitant though was for $60 they provide you a US number instead of your international number. So when family and friends call the US number it uses my cell minutes...
I was really counting on using the free incoming calls but if they call the international bumber it costs like $3-$12 a min! Mine would be prepaid but if i had a contract its like $1 a min if you exceed your plan.. which isnt unlike how all cell contracts use to be 15 years ago.
So in summary since i dont use more minutes in a year than i prepaid for this experiment wont cost me more than i would spend if i ran out and got the latest apple or android device.
Does anyone have any experience with any of this?
Tell me why i shouldnt do this?
If i do get one and like it, ill probably get one for my mother rather than her getting gouged $12 to call me..if I dont get her one im making her take mine when she head's back to the mohawk trail.
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