How soon? I just looked at the Verizon coverage map, and much of Nevada
looks to lose coverage on Feb 18th.-

In looking over the coverage maps there are a lot of good soaring
locations without any coverage, especially when Analog goes away:
http://www.wireless.att.com/coverageviewer/
http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/C.../coverage+maps

I would assume that satellite phones are still rather expensive.
Chris