Originally Posted by AlexanderLS

Most people in the U.S. are better off with Verizon.
GPS services can be very expensive. Unless you are living in a sailboat and sailing on the open ocean all the time, it doesn't make tons of sense to get any sort of satellite device outside of GPS.
I live in a rural area, you can get service pretty much everywhere with Verizon. I've lived in other rural areas in the past, it's the same way. Verizon is the best option if you are going cycle touring.