One of the truly frustrating things about crossing borders is the high cost of roaming. If you use our service, you know that a huge benefit is speed and no roaming costs. If you plan carefully you can also roam with your cell phone without paying roaming fees.
So here is the idea:
Use your iphone as a handset for skype. If you have not used Skype it
allows you to make calls for about 1 cent a minute internationally. If you have been thinking about an iphone- then you should buy one as it is truly amazing and works incredibly well with the BroadbandXpress Networked Boat.
The one drawback is the cost of roaming accross borders. If you are
on the boat then your networked boat will save you a fortune in roaming
fees and also allow you to collect all your e-mails like you are in
your home country. Just use the WiFi connection in your iphone to
connect to your networked boat. Once you are connected you can use the
skype application that you can load onto your iphone for skype. Forward
your cell phone to your skype number and receive
calls for about one cent per minute. It is free if you call skype users.
This is not the most simple concept- so test out the skpe
application on your computer with your headset. Once you are
comfortable with the application then try loading it onto your iphone.
Here's the simnplified instructions to make this work:
1: Know the broadcast name of your Networked Boat
2: Know the security key of your Neworked Boat
3: Turn on the WiFi of your iphone
4: Connect to your Networked Boat
5: Turn on the skype application
Of course your have to be connected to the internet before you can make
this work. Once connected, you will now be receiving all your e-mails
on your iphone and receiving all your calls via skype. AT&T will
not allow skpe to run over the network so you need to use your WiFi
connection and connect to your own network.
You can call forward your iphone to your skype number and get
voicemails, connect worldwide for pennies. If you are going accross
boarders then you can avoid all the roaming costs of the carriers.
Imagine getting voice service at Point Roberts or Deer Harbor Marina-
both really horrible cell coverage locations.
I tested this last weekend and it worked very well. Skype has its
quirks so it is not perfect- but if you really want to keep your costs down and avoid getting wacked with roaming- it's great!
The link to skype is www.skype.com
Here's our lawyer clause:
BroadbandXpress is not affiliated with any cell phone company and does
not make any representations about functionality of the skype service.
You may be subject to roaming fees from your carrier if you connect to
another countries data network so ensure that data roaming is disabled.
We are not a support desk for the iphone or skype and will not answer
any questions. This is just an application that we think works well. Is
is not a paid portion of your broadbandXpress service so lack of
function is not a condition of our service.
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