Re: use of NextG phone overseas

Voytek

As Martin indicated, it is not just an issue of protocol, but also  
frequency. Thus triband phones were important for getting US GSM  
coverage. Now, however, you may even need quad-band to get decent  
worldwide coverage.  ie The phone has to support edge/GPRS in the host  
country's frequency to work with those protocols too.

Anyway, I'd stick to wifi due to exhorbitant data roaming charges.

Andrew

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On 22/03/2009, at 9:09 PM, "Voytek Eymont" <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> On Sun, March 22, 2009 4:54 pm, Martin Visser wrote:
>
> Martin, thanks
>
>> My understanding is that NextG is an implementation of UMTS with  
>> HSDPA at
>> 850MHz. Using HSDPA at 850MHz is pretty unique, and was doneby  
>> Telstra
>> to provide longer coverage distance across our wide
>
> that's more or less what I seem to have discovered
>
>> I think you will find that most European HSDPA implementation are  
>> in the
>> 2100MHz band.
>> So you may have limited data experience in Europe with your mobile.
>
> so, my understanding is, mobiles fall back from HSDPA to whatever is
> below, until they end up at GPRS if nothing above connects, if  
> that's your
> understanding?
>
> so, potentially, I might be able to connect as GPRS or perhaps Edge or
> something like that
>
> on second thought, as I'll be there only a short period of time, and,
> across several countries, it might be pointless, I might be better off
> seeking WiFi areas
>
>> I have no practical experience in this and I may be wrong, but it  
>> might
>> give you a point of reference.
>
> thanks, I'll try to get some info from Telstra
>
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