List: trawlers@lists.trawlering.com
From: scaramouche@tvo.org
Re: TWL: RE: AT&T Cell Coverage
Sat, Mar 23, 2002 5:46 PM
marty@oppenheimercamera.com writes:
>OTOH, anywhere in northern WA that "Extended Coverage" or "Roaming" is
>displayed on the phone means that you've been grabbed by BCTel and you will
>have the wonderful experience of paying through the nose for making a call
>in an AT&T coverage area.
OTOH, on a beautiful day last summer, with just the right breeze for a comfortable beam reach, I was sailing from Toronto to Winston Harbour, NY. I had no cell phone coverage anywhere from 5 to 10 miles south of Canada. Nix, nothing, no roaming, nada!
Sure would have been nice to be able to make a call, roaming charges or not. So, in a way, count your blessings up there on the BC border - at least you are covered. I had to tie up my boat in Winston and find a pay-phone to make an urgent call home.
Yes, I know, the coast guard would have patched me through via VHF - for a not unsignificant price - but it wasn't that urgent ($$$) a call. ;-)
George of Scaramouche1, Lake Ontario, Canada