Re: [Paddlewise] Advances in Digital Devices

This can get you even if you are still in the USA and are in the northern
San Juan Islands (Stuart, Sucia, and the north side of Orcas). You have to
watch your phone closely to make sure you are getting the service carrier
you want because the Rogers cells are often stronger than the US cells in
these areas.

Verizon has a plan where you can access their sites up the inside passage of
BC (or any Canadian cell) but it's not inexpensive. I believe AT&T also has
something.

Does anyone know if Rogers has any plan for, say, a summer? Or
month-to-month?

Thanks for the "heads up" on this Robert. I hadn't realized it was quite
that expensive. Talk about gouging the tourists.


Craig Jungers
Moses Lake, WA
www.nwkayaking.net


On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 11:28 PM, Robert Livingston
<bearboat2_at_comcast.net>wrote:

> Be careful if you cross over into the Gulf Islands.
>
> The Canadian cell company (Rogers) will charge you more than the cost of
> your iPhone for not that much access time. The rates are astronomical. You
> may be used to the fixed rates that you get with AT&T here but cross the
> border and it is a different story.
>
> There is more awareness of this problem now, and the iPhone itself can be
> set not to grab data in Canada, but the first time I used my iPhone in
> Canada I naively got on-line to read the newspaper and download a couple
> pictures while in a long border crossing line up.
>
> It cost hundreds of dollars.
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