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Shearwater wrote:
Trac phones are the cheapest option - mine cost $20 and I have a 2 year subscription of 800 minutes/yr for $150 total. I think Trac phone uses ATT's towers.
If you want all the extras that a smart phone provides Verizon has, by far, the best nationwide coverage but at a price.
โNov-29-2013 03:34 PM
pnichols wrote:Dutch_12078 wrote:
I was in a cell dead area (all carriers) of the Adirondacks, but I was still able to make and receive calls using a Google Voice app and a WiFi hotspot at a coffee shop.
Hmmmm ... that is a necessary situation for most rural businesses. It means that the coffee shop most have had one of three things: 1) Cable service for Internet access, or 2) satellite service for Internet access, or 3) cell tower connectivity for Internet access via a cellular band antenna somewhere on the building feeding a cellular band amplifier somwhere inside the building so that, even though you couldn't connect to cell towers, the coffee shop could.
The coffee shop would have also needed setup 1), 2), or 3) in order to have accepted credit/debit cards from it's customers.
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Dutch_12078 wrote:
I was in a cell dead area (all carriers) of the Adirondacks, but I was still able to make and receive calls using a Google Voice app and a WiFi hotspot at a coffee shop.
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obgraham wrote:In the late 80s I remember thinking "Whatever do I need a computer for?"
I have no need whatsoever for a smartphone.
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Altern wrote:
The days of flip phones are over ...