SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote in news:Iq%_j.2750$xZ.1598
@nlpi070.nbdc.sbc.com:

> IMVAIO, you don't need to be on-line while camping, but it can be useful
> to have cellular coverage for making calls in case of emergency. Even if
> I had an iPhone (or other GSM phone) I'd want to carry a CDMA/AMPS phone
> to use in case of emergency when traveling outside GSM service areas.
>
>

Alltel and Verizon have already shut down AMPS across SC and the South.
I'd be amazed if it's working, tonight, in those mountains, too.

I lit off my AMPS bagphone I've carried in each vehicle for years while way
out in the country last week. I got no AMPS connection on A or B anywhere.
AMPS is dead.

Data service while camping would sure come in handy to watch the various
weather services available over the phone. It comes in very handy as we
sail close offshore, too, so we know when it's best to head for safe
harbor. I like having that weather radar picture right in front of me on
the little tablet...as well as Virtual Earth's satellite photos on Maemo
Mapper coupled to the BT GPS fix.