Hello Ray. I'm in Alberta but Globalstar is nation wide I believe. They had some unreal package on for the last 6 months. Phone was free. You paid $40/month for 50 mins i believe. Anyways I went to get one right after Christmas and I guess Globalstar dropped that offer and wanted $500 for the phone again. My telecom guy told me that they have already had a tonne of complaints and expects globalstar to offer the free phone package again soon. Hope this helps.
Ya I got a used 1700 for 125 bucks. The "free" phone came with a pretty expensive monthly plan fee. I am only paying 27.99 per month for there smallest plan. I just need it for an emergency and never just "talk" on it.