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Geoffrey S. Mendelson - 25 Aug 2005 16:41 GMT

I have an old motorola phone that is locked to One to One in the UK. I
also have 2 10 UKP cards from when I was using it (about 3 years ago).

I lost the line (and my balance) because at the time they had a
wierd roaming system where you called a number with a code and it
called you back. This was an offical One to One service. However,
they did not count calls made by it as a call for the one call per
six months rule.

I don't think it's worth the money to pay an online unlocker, but
I'd rather not toss the phone and the 20 UKP credit.

If I wanted to use it again, I have the following questions:

1. I know that the network was sold, what is it's current name?

2. Does a phone SP locked to the old network work with the new one's sims?

3. If someone were to buy a Virgin SIM would that work? (it used to).

4. Does the current network accept three year old "top up" cards?

5. Did they ever go to CAMEL roaming? (allowing a pay as you go phone
to roam normaly).

TIA,

Geoff.

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Joseph - 26 Aug 2005 00:06 GMT

>I have an old motorola phone that is locked to One to One in the UK. I
>also have 2 10 UKP cards from when I was using it (about 3 years ago).

Look at the refill voucher card and see if it has an expiry date by
which time it must be used.

>I lost the line (and my balance) because at the time they had a
>wierd roaming system where you called a number with a code and it
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>I don't think it's worth the money to pay an online unlocker, but
>I'd rather not toss the phone and the 20 UKP credit.

>If I wanted to use it again, I have the following questions:
>
>1. I know that the network was sold, what is it's current name?

T-Mobile was the company that assumed the business that was one2one.

>2. Does a phone SP locked to the old network work with the new one's sims?

If it was SP locked to one2one it's locked to the T-Mobile network.

>3. If someone were to buy a Virgin SIM would that work? (it used to).

More than likely since Virgin uses the T-Mobile network as a virtual
operator.

>4. Does the current network accept three year old "top up" cards?

Does the card have an expiry time by which you must use the top up
vouchers?

>5. Did they ever go to CAMEL roaming? (allowing a pay as you go phone
> to roam normaly).

They may have it now with some countries but last time I used the
service (from the US) it required some sort of call back scheme.

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