Re: [Paddlewise] VHF Handheld Radios / Telephone calling

From: Dave Kruger <dkruger_at_pacifier.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 17:54:03 -0700
juliom_at_cisco.com wrote:
> 
> Pacific Bell charges 2.50 per call for the first 3 minutes,
> and 50 cents for every minute thereafter.

Julio, how do you handle the fees down there?  Up here, you have to either
announce your ATT (or similar) calling card number over the VHF airwaves, or
set up an account with the local Marine Telephone service provider (US West
here).  The latter is very expensive -- like an annual fee of a hundred
dollars or so.

The result is that I have not used MarineTel services.

I suppose one of these 10 dollar calling cards would work.

What do you do?
-- 
Dave Kruger
Astoria, OR
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