i am coming from england on holiday and want to text and phone my family at home i have a motorolla razer on vodafone network it is triband
2006-09-25 01:39:28 · 10 answers · asked by vivienne b 2 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ Orlando
If it is set up with roaming. My advise is to contact your service provider (vodaphone) and get you sim card updated. The service is free but is expensive to use overseas. Use texting as it is cheaper, and bear in mind US networks charge per second so even a 2 sec call will cost over one pound. Plus in the US they even charge you if you get the engaged tone so always use texts
2006-09-25 01:48:18 · answer #1 · answered by hairyhaggis_uk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1st thing you need to do is check with Vodaphone who thier US roaming partners are. A UK tri-band phone is 900/1800/1900 American GSM is 850/1900. Cingular uses both 850 and 1900 and has been switching off the 1900 band and going to mostly 850. Alot of Cingular areas could be dead spots for you if they switched that area to 850 T-Mobile is all 1900 but does not cover as much of the US compared to Cingular. How well your phone works or how limited you might be will depend on who Vodaphone has an agreement with. If they have it with both Cingular and T-Mobile, you will be fine
2006-09-25 16:03:42 · answer #2 · answered by jrott_2003 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the handset is triband and your service provider has switched on international calling for your, you will be able to receive and make calls from the US to the UK. Also remember that electricity is 110V in the US and the handset requires 220V - make sure you have an appropriate charger for when your battery dies.
2006-09-25 16:19:48 · answer #3 · answered by Penfold 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you should be fine. However, you may need to contact your provider and make sure that the international roaming is turned on/activated. International roaming can be very expensive, even just for text messages. It may be cheaper just to call on the hotel phone or to buy a phone card.
2006-09-25 12:01:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if the phone is tri band then yes. Its a good idea to check with your Service Provider.
2006-09-25 08:48:55 · answer #5 · answered by Caam 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what you wont be able to do is charge your phone they are on 110 volts so your phone will probably fry if you try to plug it in, so buy and charge up a few spare batteries in the UK before you leave then swap batteries as they run out of charge
2006-09-25 08:49:41 · answer #6 · answered by mini the prophet of fubar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
call your company and tell them your sitution,they will put it on roaming for you,As long as you Stay her,I meanFL>{WERE I LIve}And it will work,But when you get back you,ll have to call again and have them switch it back!{They may charge you 10 bucks or so, for doing it!Have fun,Hollywood!
2006-09-25 08:50:22 · answer #7 · answered by hollywood 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as long as the phone is tri band
2006-09-25 08:42:41 · answer #8 · answered by johnboy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is it a tri band? check it,also check your service provider's informations. check this web also for more details.www.dialogphones.com
2006-09-25 09:48:21 · answer #9 · answered by ruth 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it' tri-band so you should be able just make sure you have aenough money to pay the bill when you get back
2006-09-25 08:48:09 · answer #10 · answered by fred_com_me 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋