We were greeted by the sight of a second cruise ship that dropped off supplies and amazingly we were able to pick up a cell phone signal from the other ship.

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This time I called t-Mobile, told them about these new charges, and that I had not made any cell phone calls onboard my ship.

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So while the phone may have GSM network access on shore (because no CDMA signal is found), that is not the case when you are on a ship because ships provide both GSM and CDMA cell sites.

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Not to be forgotten, 2011 is the year Motorola will spin off its cell phone company, and it seems to have righted the ship based on its 2010 sales figures.

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