Martin

On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:46:12 -0400, S Viemeister <firstname@lastname.oc.ku>
wrote:

>David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) wrote:
>> William Black <william.black@.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>> Quad band only if you want it for the Far East afterwards.
>>
>> No, quad band is also useful in the US, as there are some GSM areas
>> there using 850 as well as 1900. You'll typically get better coverage in
>> the US with a phone that supports both- i.e. quad band.
>>
>
>When I eventually buy a new mobile, I want a quad-band. My current one
>is a tri-band, with both US bands plus 1800. I generally use Orange in
>the UK, so that works for me, but some parts of the Highlands only have
>coverage with O2, and they use 900.
>I can't yet justify the expense of a quad-band - I'm waiting until the
>prices drop, (or the current phone does).
>

We use pre-pay Nokia 1100s that cost GBP16 each including the O2 SIM card.
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Martin