[itdiscuss] Keeping in contact w/ mission trips

[Jeffrey Thompson]

A Costco calling card that people use from a pay-phone is the most  
cost effective way to communicate from other countries.  You can hand  
the cards out, they last for six months (I think) and then use  
whatever minutes are left on another trip.  You only pay for what you  
use and it's a fixed cost.  I think 4.5 cents a minute.  Most third  
world countries still have an abundance of pay-phones.

Jeffrey Thompson
JANOAH, INC.
President & CEO
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On Aug 5, 2009, at 9:41 AM, Steve Huffman wrote:

> 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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