The phone works great and much cheaper than the roaming charges associated with a US cell phone while traveling in Europe.

I did use the telephone during my trip and to stay in touch in an area were no cell phones work

In fact, while the phone worked well in the Gulf of Mexico, it was unable to obtain any satellite signal in the North Atlantic or while we were in the Bahamas.

The phone works great and much cheaper than the roaming charges associated with a US cell phone while traveling in Europe.