'Think it's satellite, but not sure.
Where in the UP? I lived at Kincheloe/Rudyard four years - May '71 to Jul
'75.
Wilton
----- Original Message -----
From: "OK Don" <okd...@gmail.com>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 4:29 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Onstar on MB
Does the phone service work over the satellite, or a wireless carrier? I'm
on the MI UP now, and my Sprint phone has zero service. The wife's
T-Mobile
is doing fine.
For covering even more potential emergency situations, power it with a
small
gell cell battery and glue a solar cell on the sunroof to keep it
charged -
thus you don't loose function when the car battery dies/shorts out.
I like Mitch's suggestion!
On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Mitch Haley <m...@voyager.net> wrote:
WILTON wrote:
$299 plus install, which I'd likely do myself; $199/year for emer com,
collision assist, etc, security (theft locator) and hands free or
Bluetooth
phone; 'nother $100/year for navigation. 'Doubt if I'll do it, but
enjoying the exercise. I've decided I can do it, and it'll work OK as a
stand-alone system with no interaction with the vehicle, 'cept 12V DC.
$60-80 for a Nuvi or TomTom, there's your nav.
Here's a TomTom for $50 after rebate:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/**applications/SearchTools/item-**
details.asp?EdpNo=5744248<http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5744248>
$20 at the VA hospital canteen for a Tracfone with 365 days of service
and
20 minutes included, a $20 airtime card would give you another 90 days
and a
couple more hours of talk time. Get a car charger for the phone, throw
phone/charger in the glove box, maybe get a 2nd phone for the other car,
and
you're out half the $299 purchase price of one OnStar.
Mitch.
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