[darkengine]

Satellite phone subscriptions aren't cheap, but chucking a Baofeng in the car pre-programmed with some repeaters along your route (CHIRP can do this) is free.

[omgitsabird]

Example plans: https://discover.garmin.com/en-US/inreach/personal/#subscrip...

[manquer]

With starlink and eventual Tesla tie ups , sat phones should become much cheaper in the future.

Also many cars do come with sat system packages that are only emergency use and cheaper in this mode of operation.