Joy,

Have you looked into Verizon's "North America Calling Plan"?  Last summer,
my wife and I switched our Verizon service from "America's Choice" to the
"North America Calling Plan" when our travels took us into Canada for almost
2 months.  Switching to it and back to the original plan is a bit of a pain
but worth it if you will be travelling in an area with cell phone service.
While we were mostly in areas without service, the ability to use the cell
phone did come in very handy when several at home "family emergencies"
surfaced.

Harold
--
Harold & Faye Teer
1991 Westy
Harrisonburg, VA

See: "http://mobileoptions.vzw.com/international/rates/na_calling_plans.html
"

On 5/30/06, Joy Hecht <jhecht@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>
> Hi guys,
>
> I'm going to be in Canada in my van for around a month this summer.  I've
> got a verizon cellphone, which works in Canada but they would charge me a
> serious fortune to use it, no free minutes or anything.
>
> I'm wondering if there are any options for getting a short-term cellphone
> for while I'm in Canada, and how much that might cost.
>
> Also, does anyone have any sense of how easy it is to find free wifi
> access
> on the eastern side of Canada - basically from Toronto to Newfoundland?
> Hopefully mostly Nova Scotia and Newfoundland.
>
> Other suggestions about travel in that part of the world would be
> interesting too, of course!
>
>
>
> Joy
>
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> and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon
>
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