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"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> Playdough wrote
>
>> I'm looking for a mobile phone, basic/no bells and whistles necessary, 
>> only for emergency contact during international trips by the 
>> son-and-heir.
>
> You really need a quad band phone in that case unless you can specify
> just what areas he plans to visit.
>
> Even then it gets complicated because many places like the US have
> much worse coverage for GSM than CDMA, so if his international trips
> include north america, even a quad band GSM phone isnt going to be
> good enough, particularly if he wants to be able to use it in the wilds 
> etc.
>
> And that wouldnt be the best for this country either, you really need 
> NextG for this country.
>
>> Second-hand is ok.  Any suggestions?
>
> Not unless you are more specific about just which international trips are 
> involved.
>
> In some cases like north america, if he plans to stay there for more than 
> just
> a few days, it can make more sense to get a cheap phone there just for 
> north
> america. The cheapest decent coverage phones cost peanuts there.
Satellite phones are clearly not cheap... but they are getting remarkably 
cheaper!  Their use would be anywhere would it not?