I went four years ago the last time, I could call home as much as I wanted then, surely technology has advanced more in that time. Not to mention cell service in port…In Japan, that country is more advanced in communication services than we are; even the farmers in the rice fields in the country side have cell phones that reach world-wide, not many countries do not (with the exception of N. Korea, Cuba, etc.). I don’t buy this BS by the writers yet once again.