[pct-l] cell phones

[Halfmile]

William,

I have created some cell phone reports here:

http://www.pctmap.net/cell/index.html

At this point only the ATT report has enough information to be useful.
The JMT is approximately PCT miles 767 to 941.

If it's really important to always be in touch you will probably need
to rent a satellite phone.  I don't know too much about them but I
have read that the Globalstar service is experiencing some type of
problem that will not be fixed soo, so you would probably want to use
the Iridium service.

-Halfmile

On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 10:26 PM, William Frank <wfrank at pacbell.net> wrote:
> We will be doing the JMT this summer. We are leaving behind some elderly parents with health problems. Is there any cell phone coverage along the trail so we can check in with them? If not, any other ideas? Thanks to all.
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