Pay Phones

Interenet cafes are easier to find than public phones in may towns in NZ
Perhaps you should look at the concept of mobile phones with data
connection.


> Frank
>
> Not bragging or complaining but we have many, many months on the road as
> what we call 1/2 timers in an RV so having a way to stay in touch with
> friends and for emergency purposes is extremely valuable to us. My Mother
> is 90 years old and in a retirement home and she worries unless she knows
> she can contact us or if something happens the place where she stays can
> contact us She is also hard of hearing so talking to her on the telephone
> is very difficult but she likes to read and write letters so she writes
> out what she wants to send us and they send that in an e-mail for her to
> us. We also have married children and grand kids so we need to have a way
> of communicating with each other. We like scenery, out of the way places
> and we don't like big towns so by definition it seems we like places where
> there is "NO" cell phone coverage.
>
> The bottom line is that e-mail is the best way for us to communicate no
> matter where we are in the world. Our experience has been the same as
> yours Frank, we call it Murphy's Law when you need an internet connection
> you can't get it so we found we needed to be in control of our own destiny
> so we went with Winlink since I am an Amateur Radio operator and I have
> back up equipment. This way we have our own personal internet connection.
>
> Now I am looking to add Pocket Mail as a back up as we are not sure that
> the 5 amateur radio connection points in New Zealand/Australia will always
> work where we are confident we can find a phone without a lot of hassle.
> Thanks for your real life experience on the internet cafes.