Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-project (92 mails)

["Bryen M. Yunashko" <suserocks@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 2010-04-18 at 12:13 +0100, Tejas Guruswamy wrote:
> On 18/04/10 11:23, Per Jessen wrote:
> > Bryen M. Yunashko wrote:
> >   
> > > Agreed.  Definitely showed poor preparation by the conference center.
> > > We taught them a lesson big time last year.  :-)  It was more
> > > frustrating for me because I am from US so my cell phone service did
> > > not even work in EU and therefore, I could not even check messages on
> > > my phone.
> > >     
> > That is usually not a problem when people go to the US, I'm curious as
> > to why you had a problem in Europe.  Of course, if you're using a
> > non-GSM phone, that _would_ be a problem.  (I've read that ATT uses
> > non-GSM frequencies).  Otherwise I'm sure the mobile operators all have
> > roaming agreements etc. 
> >
> >
> > /Per Jessen, Zürich
> >   
> IIRC in the US, T-Mobile and AT&T use GSM 850/1900, while Verizon and
> Sprint still use CDMA.
>
> Most European networks use GSM 900/1800.
>
> To have a phone that works in both regions it needs to be a) GSM and b)
> Tri- or quad-band.
> Many modern phones sold these days are tri-band, so they will give good
> coverage in their home region and half-strength coverage elsewhere.
>
> Of course this is only hardware, you may need to ask for roaming from
> your provider as well. If they aren't willing to or its too expensive,
> and your phone isn't locked to your provider, in Europe it is generally
> very easy to pick up a prepaid SIM card with no contract.
>
> Regards,
> Tejas

Sadly, I have a Verizon phone (Motorola Droid) that doesn't take SIM
cards.  And my previous Blackberry phone that I used last time I went to
the conference also didn't accept SIM cards.   I don't travel to Europe
often enough to justify switching carriers for a more Euro-compatible
phone.

Bryen

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