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 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org