[pct-l] spot / inreach rental?

[John Casterline]

I show the telephone #'s as:
Customer Care:
1 (866) OK1-SPOT   { (866) 651-7768 }
>From outside of North America:
+1 (408) 933-4518

On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 1:13 PM, Pietro, Michael M.D. <mmpietro at hinet.org>
wrote:

> I'm not aware of a rental service. I had to subscribe to my Spot sevice
> for a full year to activate it. Worse, the "automatic renewal" was not
> optional. The thing would have charged my credit card $150 a year for the
> rest of my life if I didn't call to cancel the service. Don't lose the
> phone number when you sign up, you won't find it on the web site.
>
> That said, the device worked pretty well and was the cheapest and lightest
> I found.
>
> Mike Pietro
>
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> Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2015 17:18:59 -0700
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> Does anyone have experience with renting one of these types of devices for
> a period of 2-3 weeks?  Any gotchas, hidden costs, etc to consider?  Also,
> any opinions on what the best device along these lines is?
> Thanks
>
>
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