It's not a bad plan. A bunch of did exactly that for the DEFCON trip. My total cost was US$55.00 - but that was for fairly heavy use as I had to dial into conf calls every day. I think everyone else was US$30 or under.
On Mon, 2009-09-14 at 15:42 -0600, Graham Monk wrote: > Depending on how often you travel into the US, you could simply pickup > a US 7-11 phone, they're cheap enough, and the minutes last a year, > they also roll over if you top up before expiry. > > graham > > On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 3:38 PM, Dick Angus <[email protected]> wrote: > > On September 14, 2009 02:29:33 pm Dick Angus wrote: > >> We've had Telus cell service for the past 3 years and not been happy with > >> them. Our contract is up this month and we are looking at alternatives. We > >> don't need much, just telephone service. We don't do messaging or hook to > >> the Internet and seldom use more than 50 minutes a month. We occasionally > >> travel to the US and would like to make the occasional call down there, so > >> few that paying for each will be pretty minor. We live in Okotoks and > >> travel around the foothills so coverage could be an issue. > >> > >> We have a Motorola V710 that does all we need and then some. We've talked > >> to Solo and Fido so far, but we are not sure where we'll settle in. The > >> point is that they all tell us that we can't use our Motorola because it's > >> locked to Telus? Is that true or can I unlock it somehow? Basic service > >> cost is a factor and Solo, Fido, and Virgin have $15.00/month monthly > >> basis > >> service that seems to fit us. Any thoughts gratefully accepted. > > > > > > Thanks for the quick responses. That was a lot of good information. I do > > need some out-of-Canada service so 711 looks to be out. Knowing that many of > > the others are off-shoots of Bell (I worked for them many decades ago - a > > fresh young programmer just out of school) I might give them a good look. > > Maybe their Solo service will work well for us. > > -- > > > > An old mainframer getting current! > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
