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"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:
> StrandElectric wrote:
>> "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:9453aeF61fU1@mid.individual.net...
>>> 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?
> 
> They arent that physically convenient compared with the typical mobile phone, much bigger.

Does one still need to be still to make a call?
Most mobiles will allow a call to emergency services for free. No sim
required. 112. 

If the emergency is to tell the one who is on holidays about the dog
getting run over Skype and free wifi would be a heap option. 

Just make sure you take your sim out of the smart (I know) phone to avoid
excess data roaming charges that can creep into the tens of thousands. 

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