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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / T-Mobile / December 2006Traveling With T-Mobile
I am in the USA and have a prepaid plan with T-Mobile and a Samsung T319 phone. The frequencies are 850/1800/1900. I believe this phone will be usable in the UK as is or with a UK SIM. Please, someone, correct me if I am wrong. Will the phone be usable in France, particularly around Paris? Thanks for any advice and links for good deals on SIM chips for use in the UK (around Manchester) and Paris, France. Kind Regards. Get your SIM from www.telestia.com. I got one from them for the UK and I could call home to the US for just 9 cents a minute! > I am in the USA and have a prepaid plan with T-Mobile and a Samsung > T319 phone. The frequencies are 850/1800/1900. I believe this phone [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Kind Regards. > Get your SIM from www.telestia.com. I got one from them for the UK > and I could call home to the US for just 9 cents a minute! Telestia.com? That's a fashion design training site. R. P. Sorry, I dropped a letter. It's http://www.telestial.com/ >> Get your SIM from www.telestia.com. I got one from them for the UK >> and I could call home to the US for just 9 cents a minute! > > Telestia.com? That's a fashion design training site. > > R. P. Yes and no. Yes, the 1800 frequency is used in the UK. No, because your T-Mobile USA phone is SIM locked to T-Mobile USA, that means presently it only works with T-Mobile USA sim card. You can ask for the SIM unlock code for free after you've had the service for 90 days by calling the T-Mobile ToGo customer care at 18008777782106. After that, make sure that the UK carrier that you will be using the phone with operates on the 1800Mh frequency. > Sorry, I dropped a letter. It's http://www.telestial.com/ > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >> >> R. P. >I am in the USA and have a prepaid plan with T-Mobile and a Samsung T319 >phone. The frequencies are 850/1800/1900. I believe this phone will be >usable in the UK as is or with a UK SIM. Please, someone, correct me if I >am wrong. As a tri-band phone with US bandplan, this phone only has one (1800 MHz - the secondary, or "Expansion" band) of the two European GSM bands. You will likely be able to roam in UK only because there are so many carriers that probably have roaming agreements with T-Mobile - but be prepared for coverage gaps in areas where there are only 900 MHz towers. The same holds for a UK SIM depending on location and carrier ... AFTER you get the phone unlocked by request from T-Mobile, to remove the subsidy lock. >Will the phone be usable in France, particularly around Paris? Same issues. >Thanks for any advice and links for good deals on SIM chips for use in the >UK (around Manchester) and Paris, France. Had excellent results with Vodafone PAYG in UK last summer. I bought it online from Expansys for about US$12, and it was shipped directly to me in the US. You can get similar deals on eBay. If you can wait, buy them locally. I've already seen a message in this thread recommending Telestial. They (and other similar ones like Cellular Abroad) are good, but expensive; charging at least 3 times what you would pay for a starter kit when purchased abroad. You are paying for the convenience, which may or may not be of value to you. > >I am in the USA and have a prepaid plan with T-Mobile and a Samsung T319 > >phone. The frequencies are 850/1800/1900. I believe this phone will be [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > pay for a starter kit when purchased abroad. You are paying for the > convenience, which may or may not be of value to you. Thank you for the excellent info. and suggestions. >The same holds for a UK SIM depending on location and carrier ... AFTER >you get the phone unlocked by request from T-Mobile, to remove the subsidy >lock. Subsidy unlocks for prepaid customers? >>The same holds for a UK SIM depending on location and carrier ... AFTER >>you get the phone unlocked by request from T-Mobile, to remove the subsidy >>lock. > >Subsidy unlocks for prepaid customers? Woops. Missed that in the OP. Forget about international roaming, then; he will have to buy a local prepaid SIM for his destination. At 27 Nov 2006 12:55:20 +0000 > >Subsidy unlocks for prepaid customers? > > Woops. Missed that in the OP. Forget about international roaming, then; he > will have to buy a local prepaid SIM for his destination. T-Mobile has been adding international roaming for prepaid ustomers. You can roam in Canada and Mexico currently (at $0.69 and $1.49/min respectively), and apparently roaming in Europe is also in the works.  SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com >At 27 Nov 2006 12:55:20 +0000 >> >Subsidy unlocks for prepaid customers? [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >can roam in Canada and Mexico currently (at $0.69 and $1.49/min >respectively), and apparently roaming in Europe is also in the works. I can confirm my T-Mobile SIM is able to connect to Rogers' network in Canada, and that I can check my account balance. I didn't waste any money trying a phone call though (I have a Rogers SIM as well) SignaturePrayer has no place in the public schools, just like facts have no place in organized religion. -- Superintendent Chalmers >>The same holds for a UK SIM depending on location and carrier ... AFTER >>you get the phone unlocked by request from T-Mobile, to remove the subsidy >>lock. > >Subsidy unlocks for prepaid customers? Yes, have never heard of TMO unlocking prepaid phones. He will have to get it unlocked by a third-party service, then. > >>The same holds for a UK SIM depending on location and carrier ... AFTER > >>you get the phone unlocked by request from T-Mobile, to remove the subsidy [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Yes, have never heard of TMO unlocking prepaid phones. He will have to get > it unlocked by a third-party service, then. T-Mobile told me they would unlock it after 60 days. >> >>The same holds for a UK SIM depending on location and carrier ... AFTER >> >>you get the phone unlocked by request from T-Mobile, to remove the [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >> >T-Mobile told me they would unlock it after 60 days. Wow - data point noted. >> >>The same holds for a UK SIM depending on location and carrier ... AFTER >> >>you get the phone unlocked by request from T-Mobile, to remove the [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >> >T-Mobile told me they would unlock it after 60 days. And you specifically mentioned that this was for a pre-paid phone? If they still say 60 days then have them go back and read StreamLine a little closer. > >> >>The same holds for a UK SIM depending on location and carrier ... AFTER > >> >>you get the phone unlocked by request from T-Mobile, to remove the [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > they still say 60 days then have them go back and read StreamLine a > little closer. Yes. The first guy I talked with at one of the T-Mobile locations about the prepaid plan said after 60 days they would unlock the phone. The guy I actually got the phone from at another location said 90 days. TMOBILE will ABSOLUTELY Unlock a Prepaid Tmobile branded phone. He will have to have been active online at least 60 days and have made at least one refill. That was the rules latest I heard. I have 7 TMO2GO phones and get phones unlocked on my TMO2GO lines all the time. After the initial Unlock, you can unlock 1 phone per line every 90 days and must have topped off within that period.' (Note: from what I have been seeing, as long as phone active they have not pressed the Topped Off issue lately, but that is the established policy) >> >> >On Mon, 27 Nov 2006 01:06:10 +0000 (UTC), retsuhcs@xinap.moc (Mike >> >> >S.) [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > prepaid plan said after 60 days they would unlock the phone. The guy I > actually got the phone from at another location said 90 days. >Yes. The first guy I talked with at one of the T-Mobile locations about the >prepaid plan said after 60 days they would unlock the phone. The guy I >actually got the phone from at another location said 90 days. I stand corrected. I checked today and the policy was changed in August. |
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