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Cellular Phone Forum / General / General Topics / June 2005Travelling to Montreal
would like cell service when in montreal for a week. I don't think my Sprint PCS phone will work, right???? I guess I could buy a GSM phone here and some sort of SIMcard up therre??? I pretty unfamiliar with this. Any guidance???? >would like cell service when in montreal for a week. I don't think my >Sprint PCS phone will work, right???? I guess I could buy a GSM phone >here and some sort of SIMcard up therre??? I pretty unfamiliar with >this. Any guidance???? Get an unlocked GSM phone and buy prepaid SIM from either Rogers or Fido. (Approximately C$25 for the SIM card and then refills usually in amounts $10 to $50. The larger denominations are a better deal.) Some Fido cards have per minute rate of 15 cents/minute with shorter expiry time. - - >Get an unlocked GSM phone and buy prepaid SIM from either Rogers or >Fido. (Approximately C$25 for the SIM card and then refills usually in >amounts $10 to $50. The larger denominations are a better deal.) >Some Fido cards have per minute rate of 15 cents/minute with shorter >expiry time. While that may be a good idea, I wonder if Sprint PCS DOES work in Canada. There are two major CDMA carriers up there, and Verizon Wireless works on them in Canada. (I've used them frequently.) >While that may be a good idea, I wonder if Sprint PCS DOES work in >Canada. There are two major CDMA carriers up there, and Verizon >Wireless works on them in Canada. (I've used them frequently.) Just checked - Sprint PCS does roam in Canada, with the existing CDMA networks and existing phone, for 65c/minute. Check their website for more info. The OP might have to have International Roaming set up - the number they give is 1-888-226-7212. Check the website for coverage area, but it seems to be fairly extensive. >>Get an unlocked GSM phone and buy prepaid SIM from either Rogers or >>Fido. (Approximately C$25 for the SIM card and then refills usually in [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >Canada. There are two major CDMA carriers up there, and Verizon >Wireless works on them in Canada. (I've used them frequently.) You have a point there, but I'm not sure what it is. Unless your home carrier is *giving away* roaming and long distance getting local prepaid is almost always cheaper in the long run. - - >>>Get an unlocked GSM phone and buy prepaid SIM from either Rogers or >>>Fido. (Approximately C$25 for the SIM card and then refills usually in [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >carrier is *giving away* roaming and long distance getting local >prepaid is almost always cheaper in the long run. But he's not there for the long run - he's there for a week. For me, it was much less expensive to switch to VZW's North America's Choice while I was there. -- Jack Hamilton California -- <> Qui vit sans folie n'est pas si sage qu'il croit. <> François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld >>While that may be a good idea, I wonder if Sprint PCS DOES work in >>Canada. There are two major CDMA carriers up there, and Verizon [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >carrier is *giving away* roaming and long distance getting local >prepaid is almost always cheaper in the long run. Unless you're only gonna make a couple of calls. It'd be kind of silly to buy a phone and a prepaid SIM if you only intend on making 2-3 calls. (I can't remember what the OP said about how much he wanted to use the phone, though.) 2-3 minutes of phone time roaming on Sprint PCS would be under $2, and I doubt he could get a phone and a SIM card for that much ;) And it appears as if Sprint PCS includes LD for that 65c/minute rate. Now, if he's planning to talk a lot in that week, it becomes a whole other story. >>>While that may be a good idea, I wonder if Sprint PCS DOES work in >>>Canada. There are two major CDMA carriers up there, and Verizon [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Unless you're only gonna make a couple of calls. Or you need to be reachable at your US phone number.  SignatureJustThe.net - Steve Sobol / sjsobol@JustThe.net / PGP: 0xE3AE35ED Coming to you from Southern California's High Desert, where the temperatures are as high as the gas prices! / 888.480.4NET (4638) "Life's like an hourglass glued to the table" --Anna Nalick, "Breathe" thanks. I checked with Sprint and my phone willwork.I'll just need to make a few calls. Thanks! > would like cell service when in montreal for a week. I don't think my > Sprint PCS phone will work, right???? I guess I could buy a GSM phone > here and some sort of SIMcard up therre??? I pretty unfamiliar with > this. Any guidance???? Take a unlocked triband phone and buy a sim card there Signaturehttp://stores.ebay.co.uk/experimentalist-co-uk http://classifieds.nochex.com/viewshop.asp?id=171955516 http://uk.ebid.tv/stores/experimentalist www.experimentalist.co.uk/forum/index.php Why bother if SprintPCS will work in Montreal? >> would like cell service when in montreal for a week. I don't think my >> Sprint PCS phone will work, right???? I guess I could buy a GSM phone >> here and some sort of SIMcard up therre??? I pretty unfamiliar with >> this. Any guidance???? > > Take a unlocked triband phone and buy a sim card there >Why bother if SprintPCS will work in Montreal? It's called cost! >>> would like cell service when in montreal for a week. I don't think my >>> Sprint PCS phone will work, right???? I guess I could buy a GSM phone >>> here and some sort of SIMcard up therre??? I pretty unfamiliar with >>> this. Any guidance???? >> >> Take a unlocked triband phone and buy a sim card there - - |
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