From: Woody on
"mrcamp" <mrcamp.64863ec(a)cellbanter.com> wrote in message
news:mrcamp.64863ec(a)cellbanter.com...
>
> Prepaid sims can be bought easily, so that should not be a
> problem.
> However, as mentioned already, that phone is lacking the 900
> band. It
> will work in major cities, but could have some problems in the
> more
> remote areas. It's just like using a phone without one of the 2
> AT&T
> bands (850/1900) with AT&T. Just ask her to buy a phone with
> the
> 900/1800 bands if her phone starts to show signs of not getting
> signal.
> Mobile phones are so cheap these days, that even a new quadband
> phone
> (850/900/1800/1900) can be had for about $30.
>
>
>
>
> --
> mrcamp
>


IMSMC Bouygues works only on 1800MHz so that would help, albeit
their coverage outside the urban areas and off main routes is
patchy to say the least. It will however be better than 1800MHz
on Orange or SFR.


--
Woody

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