[AT] Satellite Tracking was Warning and apology.

[charlie hill]

We are on the same wavelenght as usual Farmer.  The only reason I keep a 
land line is because of 911 and because I need a full time fax line.  I use 
my cell phone for everything.  I use a cable modem because it is the fastest 
thing available but we do have DSL available now and they tell me you can 
run internet and phone on the same DSL line at the same time.  All I know is 
all of it is too expensive.  I feel like my cell phone is the best value of 
anything I use.  I have several hundred minutes of anywhere anytime service 
along with the ability to send text and photo messages and some other stuff 
I haven't even figured out yet.  All of that is cheaper by about $20 a month 
than my landline even if I never make a long distance call.

The Spot GPS device is something you have if you can afford it and hope you 
never have to use.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Indiana Robinson" <robinson at svs.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 12:49 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Satellite Tracking was Warning and apology.


> Hi Charlie:
>
> Actually I think such devices are a great idea... as long as they have
> an off switch...
> :-)
> One could solve a bit of concern I have had. I am seriously considering
> dropping our two land lines and replacing it with the broadband service
> my neighbor has (I forget which one right now) that he is really happy
> with. Diana and I both carry prepay cell phones all of the time and the
> broad band would allow long visiting phone calls with internet phone
> service which would limit the need for many cell minutes. Our cells are
> not used for visiting calls, just basic contact use. One concern was not
> having a phone in the house in case we were both gone when a couple of
> our grandsons get off of the school bus but I decided that I could
> activate a third prepay phone I already have and have a specific spot
> where it would always be sitting and charged. Our prepays cost us less
> than $10 a month each. My other concern is the problem of not having the
> 911 locater of the land line. They can only get within about a mile with
> the cell phones.
> We can pay for our three cell phones and the broadband and still be
> paying substantially less than we now pay for the 2 line basic phone
> service and the snail speed dial up ISP service and our 2 cells. It
> would almost be like free broadband.
> :-)
> If I was saving that much money I could then afford a unit like you
> mentioned. I personally knew of about 4 fatally injured farmers locally
> that might have been saved by such a unit as well as a couple of heart
> attack and stroke victims. Of course none of them even had cell phones.
> I still find myself up on a roof now and then and when I cut wood at
> our woods in the next county east I have yet to see a cell phone show
> service available in that immediate area. They barely get TV there
> except satellite.
>
>
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>
>
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>
> Francis Robinson
> Central Indiana, USA
> robinson at svs.net
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