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| Posted On: | 16-Aug-2005 |
| From: | "The Bracewells" [bracerox.....net] |
| Subject: | Re: [roatan] GSM Phone Coverage Observations |
I also brought my T-mobile phone this summer which was a palm TREO and had no problems.It did not have reception on the far east end of the island Camp Bay but could pick up from Wilkes point on ,which hey after no service I thought was great. I to decided to roam with megatel at 1.00 a min.I remember when a 1.00 a min was cheap to phone the states.I also received and sent text messages for 035 a message and had no problems.I did not try to hook up to the internet.Just my .02 worth.It does seem for those of us who have waited things have changed :) I remember when everyone had radios in the cars:) . Roxanne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffrey S. Levine" To: Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 5:33 PM Subject: [roatan] GSM Phone Coverage Observations >I just returned from a wonderful two week trip to Roatan and thought it > might help to summarize my results of using my GSM phone. > > Caveat 1: Things change from week to week. What's true one week is not > necessarily true the next. > Caveat 2: Things change from location to location. What works in one > spot > on the island may not work in another. > > I use T-Mobile in the US. My phone is a tri-band (850, 1800, 1900) GSM > phone. I decided not to buy a Megatel SIM and roam with my US number. > This > was expensive (over $1 per minute) but adequate since I didn't need to > make > many calls and I didn't want to spend the cab fare to get to Coxen Hole to > buy a SIM. > > From the second day forward I was able to both make and receive calls from > West Bay and West End. The Caller ID for incoming calls worked fine. The > Caller ID for outgoing calls did not appear to work. The people I called > could not see my number on their displays. The connection quality was > excellent. > > As far as data devices (e.g. Blackberrys), I don't know. I did not see a > GPRS indicator on my phone. Alo/Megatel does claim to support GPRS on its > website. > > Overall I was quite pleased. I was able to address business issues back > in > the US with no problem. > > Again, remember Caveats 1 and 2 above! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page /dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/maOolB/TM --~-> http://www.roatanet.com To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/roatan/ roatan- : | |
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