Date:         Fri, 14 Dec 2012 19:57:00 -0800
Reply-To:     Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
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From:         Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      Re: Virginia to Alaska and back--maps, Internet, places to camp,
              and modifications to the van
Comments: To: neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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I bought mine second hand. Really just a basic dumb phone but tough, and being a clumsy clod, I need that. Can take a meter underwater and a lot of knocks. Thanks for the speakout tip, if i ever get an iPad for logging rad navigation, I'll remember that tip.

cheers

alistair

On 2012-12-14, at 4:17 PM, neil n wrote:

> Just the other day, I was perusing the Sonim on line. Tough but pricey?
> 
> I have a SpeakOut (7-11) SIM in an unlocked LG. Works fine, but it
> uses Edge network (2G) for data. But. That data plan is only $10/month
> "unlimited".
> 
> Neil.
> 
> On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 12:56 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
> 
>> Both 7-11 and Petrocanada offer a prepaid sim card service for unlocked phone. Card about 20 bucks, buy time as you need it, no contract. Pretty well same coverage as the big carriers. I'm using it on a  Sonim XP3 (grrr rugged!) and it is working out fine.
>> 
>> alistair
>> 
>> On 2012-12-14, at 12:25 PM, neil n wrote:
> 
> 
>>> Not sure if Rogers et al up offer a prepaid monthly plan or similar,
>>> but wouldn't that, and a new SIM card be obtainable w/o a Canadian
>>> address?  (hopefully I'm not misunderstanding how the tech works)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Neil n
> 
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