[itdiscuss] Keeping in contact w/ mission trips

[Lee, Jason]

Steve, 

 

Have you looked at sat phones?  The price to purchase and rental has
come down significantly and many now include unlimited inbound
calling... (but good luck getting a local number for the caller).

 

We explored this about a year ago and had thought about forwarding an
800 number to a sat phone.... 

 

Obviously, we didn't proceed so it had some concerns.

 

- jason

 

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[mailto:discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org] On Behalf Of Steve Huffman
Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 8:41 AM
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Cc: Susan Demel
Subject: [itdiscuss] Keeping in contact w/ mission trips

 

We are looking for the best way to keep in contact with our various
mission trips. Skype work great as long as the trip is somewhere with
Internet access, however what about the areas that are not. What Cell
phone would you recommend for international use (if they can get cell)
or other options. We are looking at probably a single option that could
be shared by each trip. It would be very rare to have trips overlap that
did not have Internet access.

 

Also, would you have recommendation for the best portable web cam &
microphone for Skype for use on their laptops.

 

Any thought appreciated. An example of no Internet service is a remote
village in Peru.

 

Steve

 

Steve Huffman

Network Administrator

Blackhawk Church

shuffman at blackhawkchurch.org

www.BlackhawkChurch.org 

608.828.4200

 

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