I am going to be going on a cruise in the few days and am trying to figure out the best and cheapest way for my wife to be able to contact her mom. Phone calls, either from a cell phone or a ship phone, are rediculously expensive. I have called verizon because I thought they had an international calling plan but apparently all they have for the ship and the bahamas is pay per minute of 1.99-2.49. She said that I could change my data plan to the international and have unlimited internet while I was away. I have a few questions requarding this.
1- Will I be able to use sykpe through a data only connection.
2- How can I tell that it would be using just the data connection and not actual minutes
3- Is there anyway for me to suspend all sms messages or have to forward to my email?
3- How can I tell if, while I am in the US, if I am using a local network that would't cost me anything or the ships network.
4- Will the GPS work on my phone while out at sea?
5- Anything that I am not thinking of?
Thanks.