I’ve used WildBlue (http://www.wildblue.com/) for internet when I lived in the Rockies in Colorado. I thought the service worked great, although I did not try their voice options, only internet. It looks like they are available in Shutesbury. Maureen Maureen Bridget | Photographer tel: (413) 519-0978 | fax: (413) 551-3490 mo at maureenbridget.com | Web: www.MaureenBridget.com Click here to become a fan of Maureen Bridget on Facebook. On Aug 12, 2014, at 12:27 PM, Thomas Williams <tomw3141 at gmail.com> wrote: > ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. > ** If you did, we all thank you. > > > Satelllite phones have been available to the press and to film makers, but individuals have trouble. I live in Shutesbury. I cant think of a hill top that does not have cell coverage. Maybe a good antenna pointed at the nearest tower plus a BDA would do the trick. > > > On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 9:45 AM, Ken Russell <ken at cavedraw.com> wrote: > ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. > ** If you did, we all thank you. > > > > Friends, > > We have a small retreat center on a mountain-top in Shutesbury -- phone and net access are iffy at best. > > Does anyone know about satellite phones or other (ideally inexpensive!) methods of getting better service in such places? > > Cheers, > > > Ken > _________________________________________ > Ken Russell > Walden Consulting Group > Business Consulting & Coaching > Narrative & Marketing > Applications & Process Design > e: ken at waldenconsultinggroup.com > c: 617.460.3837 > li: http://www.linkedin.com/in/waldenconsulting > g+: http://bit.ly/Sjyl7Z > > > > : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : > __________ > CaveDraw > Creative > <image.jpeg> > full > focus > coaching > __________ > 617.460.3837 > ken at cavedraw.com > > <image.png> <image.jpeg> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net > Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion list. > If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members > page on the Hidden Tech Web site. > http://www.hidden-tech.net/members > > _______________________________________________ > Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net > Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion list. > If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members > page on the Hidden Tech Web site. > http://www.hidden-tech.net/members -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.hidden-tech.net/pipermail/hidden-discuss/attachments/20140812/274d24fd/attachment-0001.html