Thanks. I'm go going to go with a used phone and no plan. The deal works
out to about the same cost as buying a phone and the minutes I need.
On Thursday, April 2, 2015, Rick Brass wrote:
> Joel,
>
> Under the heading of Timing is Everything, I got an email from SPOT
> yesterday about getting
Joel,
Under the heading of Timing is Everything, I got an email from SPOT yesterday
about getting free phone.
When you buy the phone you get a rebate up to $499 if you sign up for a service
plan. The lowest cost service plans are 100 minutes a month for $65, or 1200
minutes a year for $780 (
The used globalstar phones without Spot are cheap on eBay. Current model
is around 200. Might have to pull the *trigger!*
Steve thanks for the offer. I'll contact you off list.
Joel
On Friday, March 27, 2015, Steve Sharkey wrote:
> Unless they changed it, the way that Globalstar packages the
Unless they changed it, the way that Globalstar packages them the minutes
are only good for one year, so I need to buy more for Newport and the
current ones dissappear.
On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 10:59 AM, Joel Aronson
wrote:
> Steve, thanks for the offer. You'll need the time for Newport.
> Looki
9:10 -0400
To: stevebshar...@gmail.com; cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Subject: Re: Stus-List Spot sat phone
From: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Steve, thanks for the offer. You'll need the time for Newport.Looking at Ebay
and Craigslist too.
Joel
On Friday, March 27, 2015, Steve Sharkey via CnC-List
wrote
Steve, thanks for the offer. You'll need the time for Newport.
Looking at Ebay and Craigslist too.
Joel
On Friday, March 27, 2015, Steve Sharkey via CnC-List
wrote:
> You are correct - it is Globalstar and they did have problems with the
> first generation satellites. This phone works with th
You are correct - it is Globalstar and they did have problems with the first
generation satellites. This phone works with the second generation satellites
that were launched about two years ago. I have one and it's excellent. It
starts up and locks on satellites faster than I can start my cel
My understanding is that Spot Sat phone is based on Globalstar network
and as I recall they had some issues with their first generation
satellites. I haven't checked to see if they have fully deployed the
gen2 sats...
I really like my Iridium 9505 brick phone. Very
simple and reliable. I've ma
Even Ben Ellison at Panbo hasn’t reviewed it yet.
Fred Street -- Minneapolis
S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^(
On Mar 25, 2015, at 6:09 PM, Joel Aronson via CnC-List
wrote:
> Does anyone have experience with the Spot sat phone? Its almost affordable
> at
