Satellite phone rental in bay area

June 22, 2007 9:18 AM

Where can I rent a satellite phone in the bay area (CA)?

I'm going camping and I need to be able to be reached while I'm on this trip (take an incoming call). I am looking for a place where I can rent a satellite phone for about 5 days. Anywhere between San Francisco and San Jose would be great, cost is not a major issue.

posted by ill3 to Technology (5 answers total)

'satellite phone rental san francisco' googled givves me this place, Action Cellular, apparently they have spots at the airport, and do delivery as well. Can't vouch for them, but most major cities have at least one place that does this sort of thing these days.
posted by pupdog at 9:25 AM on June 22, 2007

Thanks, pupdog. I did try Google but with bay.area instead of san.francisco, and I got a lot of junk. I think that place will do the trick.
posted by ill3 at 10:13 AM on June 22, 2007

np, I've had to do the same thing for former coworkers, just other towns. Usually a large metro airport has one if nowhere else.
posted by pupdog at 10:16 AM on June 22, 2007

there are a lot of "bay area"'s in the world.
posted by rhizome at 11:24 AM on June 22, 2007

these guys claim to have a globalstar phone for 19 bucks a week.

they also offer a solar charger if you are going to be out more than a few days.
posted by Megafly at 11:44 AM on June 22, 2007