Hi Splinter,yes it can be a challenge at times, Jan & I are on our big trip around OZ so our computer is a must for contact with home, we have had a good signal in the big towns but in the bush no phone no contact with the world, great stuff, We are currently in a Mildura North Victoria on the NSW boarder with about 7000 kms so far, have meet some great people, and a couple from Bromley who I had some interesting camp side chats about the old times. If you got a map of Oz well, we came up the west coast from Perth North across the Kimberley to Katherine down the middle to Alice Springs, Coober Pedy, to South Oz and into Victoria, we are following the Murry River till mid October then over to Tassie for a month or two, then what ever Regards Frank