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From what I gathered (hastily) It can take a few minutes to acquire signal from power up. Unacceptable in emergency. So the choice is to get the $1,100.00 cradle/charging station/external antenna and leave it powered up the entire time.
The phones are about $5-600.00 to own, plus either a monthly plan or pay as you go minutes.
You can rent them monthly for about $60.00 start up cost, shipping/insurance and $115.00 a month. That would be fine for the 3-4 months you would actually need it on board.
AT&T has Terastar satellite phone service, but that's only available to corporate accounts and government business.
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