Cell Phones (to Tony)

[Tony Schuster]

Carolyn, thank you for the straightforward advice. The rest of the editorial comments that I have gotten are fun and fill up someone's time, I suppose, but just plain advice was what I sought and you, and a couple of others have provided just that.
Tony
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Carolyn Arcand 
  To: GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU 
  Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 1:12 PM
  Subject: Re: Cell Phones (to Tony)


  Hi Tony.. as a woman walking alone on the trail last summer, I felt more comfortable carrying a cell phone just in case anything happened (nothing did, but it was still good to have!). I got a deal through Nextel, and the phone worked great because it works off of a satellite instead of phone towers, therefore I could get in touch anywhere, even in the middle of the Pyrenees. The downside is that international calls (outside of the U.S.) cost $0.99 per minute. However, as long as you don't talk for excessive amounts of time, I think it's worth it. Carolyn :o)

  PS there are also a good amount of internet cafes, even in the smaller towns.. I could email my friends and family every couple of days if I wanted to.





  >From: Tony Schuster 
  >Reply-To: Road to Santiago Pilgrimage 
  >To: GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU 
  >Subject: Cell Phones 
  >Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2002 21:55:25 -0500 
  > 
  >We will be hiking the trail for a month or so in the fall. I was thinking of getting a cell phone so that we would have a number that family could reach us while we were in Spain. Being available is one of the costs of having parents and kids and grandkids. Any ideas on cell phones? Alternately, we could get a phone card and call in but that would mean daily phone calls. The final alternative is to check email routinely. Any thoughts on any of this? That is, any thoughts other than the beauty of the low tech world in which far away meant out of touch... 
  >Tony 


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