When using this phone, your charges are maintained by the Ship and should be paid prior to your departing the ship. Arrangements can be made with the Lead Marine Tech to have your Phone charges added to your E-mail account and you will be billed later by the University of Washington, School of Oceanography. When the ship is within 100 miles of land it is sometimes possible to make Cell Phone calls. This is totally dependent on the location of land based antennas. Cell phone rates are 25 cents per minute plus roaming charges.
Roaming charges can be several dollars per minute depending on location.
Charges are per minute. Dial three digit Ocean Region Code. See example described below. Too numerous to mention in this document.