[pct-l] Phone help

[Hank Magnuski]

Mark and Carol,

You'll probaby just want to get a GSM phone in England. Phone purchase here 
usually requires a two-year committment for payment with stiff early termination 
fees. The phone must be "quad-band" (must be able to cover US frequencies).

Get a plan that allows international call roaming. Or get some pre-paid minutes 
here.

GSM coverage in the US is pretty decent (I use one all the time) and is provided 
by the AT&T and T-Mobile (Deutsche Telekom) networks.

Internet and blog updates can be done using wifi in towns. A data plan costs 
more and coverage on the PCT is scarce for voice and data anyway.

Hank



On Mon, 11 Jan 2010, Mark England wrote:

> Hi there 2 newly weds starting a thru hike on april 15th. Being from England we are going to buy a phone in America when we arrive.
>
> We are looking for Gps, text, calls and ability to update our blog while on our hike. Any reccommendations or
> other advice would be great.
>
> Thank you
>
> Carol and Mark