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[ljjohns]

Got my Medicare card in the mail, and so I've got to do things while I can. My friends along the Columbia are planning a 8-day ride through western Canada this summer and it's something we're going to do, even though I'll have to tow the Light Truck to Wenachee.

But I am now fretting about the details since I have this not-well-understood technological dependency: I assume I'll have to talk to my cell-phone provider about what it will cost me to make calls from Canada and I'll also assume that the internet is the internet and so if I can get on it in Canada it's just like being at home. (If anyone has information to the contrary, let me know, PLEASE).

The one remaining issue is this: this group has used bike-to-bike comms on all of its previous trips: we use the FRS/GMRS systems (Chatterbox, Motorolas and Kenwoods) that have a couple of common frequencies. Does anyone know the rules of engagement for such comms in Canada?

Thanks.

And BTW, while we don't have any dates, we do have a map-set of the proposed routes, and I'll be happy to e-mail them to anyone who'd be interested. The rally and end-points will be Sun Cove, WA (north of Wenatchee).
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[Jim]

Depending on who your cell phone provider is, it can cost an arm and a small leg to call in Canada. I found it cheaper to buy a US pay as you go phone and then use a US calling card to make calls in and from CA to the US. For instance, AT&T wants 79 cents a minute - too much! Or, for a mere $4.99 for a month, you can buy an "international plan" - that knocks the price per minute all the way down to 59 cents - generous - aren't they???

The FRS radios aren't a problem - they sell them at Costco up there - same as here...
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[Flying Duck]

Internet = Internet (except for the "zed" key )
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[ljjohns]

Thanks.

It's surprising how, over the last decade, I've become dependent upon instantaneous comms across vast geographic areas. It became invaluable when I was trying to lead an organization covering the Northwest and when in turn I had to communicate with folks nationwide.

But then I became a junkie: I live in El Paso while my kids(?) are more than six hundred miles away (and my older friends from army days anywhere west of the Mississippi) and I now simply assume that I can gain contact with the press of a few keys.

So I'll have to prepare myself for 8 days of isolation from that convenience. My plan is to leave a message on my phone that says folks should e-mail me and I'll get back to them when we settle down for the night on our route.

Gotta get that "instantaneous gratification" stuff out of my system!
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1993 K1100LT (Washington)
1995 K1100LTSE
1996 K1100LTSE (parts)
2003 K1200LTC
1991 K75RT

[Stoked Steve]