It's pretty much been said but I'll add my 2 cents. We do a 10 day fly-in moose hunt in northern Ontario. In years past we were completely out of touch for days at a time. The last 2 years we rented a sat phone. Yes it's expensive but on the other hand what price can you put on dealing with a serious emergency quickly instead of waiting days for the plane if one of us did have the misfortune of gettin hurt or took ill. We haven't needed to use it (except to test it and it works great) but just having it is re-assuring and takes away that little bit of concern, "what if something happens"? gg.