On Mon, 19 Nov 2001, Ben Stallings wrote:

> I'm planning a long bike trip during which I'll be in rural areas most of the 
> time.  I'm planning to get a cell phone and use it to synch my Visor handheld 
> with a home-base computer that's screening my e-mail for large attachments, 
> spam, etc.  I might also occasionally use it for full Internet access if it 
> works well.

AT&T has good nationwide coverage and good service.  Everyone I know with
AT&T likes them.  Cell is slow (9600/4800 bps) but for checking e-mail
there's really no reason not to.  If I were you I'd get a Motorola StarTAC
with AT&T service and you'll love it.

-Brian