Re: OT: Cellular telephone service

From: Mark Bigland-Pritchard <mark_at_no.spam.please>
Date: Sat Sep 02 2006 - 07:15:01 CST

> Quadband and triband phones work, but the SIMs are often locked.

The one person I know who's tried it says that N.American tribands work
very ineffectively in Europe. Apparently you need both European
frequencies for continuity of coverage in a lot of places.

> It's also pretty hard to get cheap SIM cards outside of Canada (at
> least in the US; I've been unsuccesful when I've tried to get some),
> but Europe might be different.

Very easy in Britain (5 or 6 service providers all offering cheap
genuine pay as you go plans; and all work throughout mainland Europe).
Very easy in Mongolia. Apparently very easy in China (stalls at Beijing
airport). Don't know about anywhere else.

Mark
Received on Sat Sep 2 07:15:10 2006

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