Just to put my experience out there... I fish commercially in Alaska during the summer. Globalstar has been such a frustration we changed the logo on our phone to read GlobalSHIT. A 3 minute conversation with loved ones you haven't seen for over a month can be shittier than not talking to them at all.

I take that back, 3 minutes with a conversation cut short is infinitely better than not talking at all, but it's probably one of the most frustrating things I've had to deal with in my life.

I fish commercially in Alaska during the summer. If you think being away from your email is heaven, then you haven't experienced the hell that is the high seas. You might have seen Deadliest Catch, but nothing can really explain the weeks of 1 or 2 hours of sleep a night (some days you won't even get that), the constant balancing act of having your sea vessel tossing and turning in 20 foot surf (you can't rest. Standing, sitting, eating, getting knocked to your feet, during every activity 24/7 your body's muscles are working HARD to keep balance.) Getting to shower once a week if you're lucky. Life at sea is hard. After a couple of months of this, every letter, every morsel of home is heaven. Last summer I was able to reach a WiFi point one single day much to my surprise. I managed to connect to AIM and get about a dozen messaged back and forth from my girlfriend before I got disconnected. THAT, my friend, is what heaven is on the high seas.