No, no, the answer is not "Panic and find the nearest exit!" The Chicago Tribune has
3 tips on getting connected even though you are in a major deadzone. Should be a repetative read for most gurus here - especially if they read through
BK's latest walkthrough 
, but the newbies might get something out of it.
"Two are standalone devices: the $449 Treo 600 smartphone, offered locally by Sprint and Verizon, and the $499 BlackBerry combination phone and e-mail device, offered by many carriers.
The third is a card that plugs into your computer and, using cell phone frequencies, makes a digital connection to the Net. Sprint, AT&T and Verizon all offer their own varieties of this approach. They cost around $300. " via
thewirelessweblog