[ILUG-Social] [way OT] tri-band phones

[Brendan Farrell]

The SIM is the best way to go, the same phone will not work all over the
states, we had problems with phones that worked in Chacago not working in
Kansas. There is no all over standard IN USE in the states.









> You don't need a tri-band one per se - all you need is one which can
> do GSM1900, which is the US GSM standard.  Simplest thing would be to
> get one over there (any one; most European GSM900/GSM1800 phones have
> a GSM1900 equivalent), put your Irish SIM in it, and use it while
> you're there, switching back to the GSM900 phone when you come back
> over here.
> 
>            Colm
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