[Cdt-l] Pocketmail on the CDT

[Brett]

Nocona - I want a refund for the Pocketmail you sold me last year (for 
$10!). ;>)



Karen Somers wrote:
>
> Yes, I did mean to send out to the list -- thanks, Mags.
>
>  
>
> I actually had a hard time in Montana on the CDT (only state I was 
> lucky enough to be in) using my pocketmail device on pay phones.  Many 
> of them are already digital service even though the phones themselves 
> are often ancient.
>
>  
>
> Nocona
>
>
>
> --- On *Fri, 6/6/08, Paul Magnanti /<pmags at yahoo.com>/* wrote:
>
>     From: Paul Magnanti <pmags at yahoo.com>
>     Subject: Re: [Cdt-l] Pocketmail on the CDT
>     To: kborski at yahoo.com
>     Cc: "CDT MailingList" <cdt-l at backcountry.net>
>     Date: Friday, June 6, 2008, 1:29 PM
>
>     ----- Original Message ----
>     From: Karen Somers <kborski at yahoo.com>
>     To: Paul Magnanti <pmags at yahoo.com>
>     Sent: Friday, June 6, 2008 12:15:35 PM
>     Subject: Re: [Cdt-l] Pocketmail on the CDT
>
>     From what I have read, PM is on the way out, meaning I read that
>     they are discontinuing their service.  You should read their web
>     site carefully before buying into the plan. 
>
>      
>
>     Too bad.  It's understandable in today's technology market, but it
>     is still a great tool for hikers.  I used one last year.  The only
>     disadvantage I found is that with many of the newer digital pay
>     phones, it would not connect or transfer data.  Also, it's getting
>     harder to find pay phones in general.
>
>      
>
>     Nocona
>
>     ********************
>
>     (Nocona sent this e-mail to me directly..but I think she meant to
>     share the e-mail with all of CDT-L)
>
>     All good points.  I'd double check their financial health, too.
>     The company may be here NOW...at the end of the year or 2009? Who
>     knows.
>
>     I will also say that it is mainly older pay phones off on the CDT
>     corridor and that in the older motels we tend to stay in, there
>     are analog phones in the room you can still use.
>
>
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