On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:21:41 -0400, Jason Aarons \(US\) wrote: > A lot of places you still can't get GSM in the US.....it has > improved...but GSM 3G coverage is lacking compared to EVDO/CDMA.
which isn't usually a problem as all 3G phones i've seen also use GSM, and the phones switch to GSM when 3G coverage isn't available. > You start to explain about GSM and their eyes open wide as they realize > they need a unlocked GSM phone from a electronics shop and SIM chip from actually, if you're using a gsm/3G phone, and your carrier has a roaming agreement with a malaysian carrier (there're 3 big ones and 1 small one, by the way), then it shouldnt matter. of course, they'll sock roaming charges on you. > some company named Digi sold in 7-Eleven and some scratch off cards for > refills using SMS. that's just one of the three, and its a prepaid gsm card you're referring to. you could've also picked up a celcom or a maxis prepaid card, or not worry about that and just roam with a gsm phone. > In reality my roaming fees for Intl are too high, I'll get a pre-paid > in-country phone before I get phone bill for Intl roaming. My data > connection syncs email all day long. i hear the vodaphone 3G service hits you a fixed monthly fee for use anywhere in the world for a data/3G connection. -- Regards, /\_/\ "All dogs go to heaven." [EMAIL PROTECTED] (0 0) http://www.openmalaysiablog.com/ +==========================----oOO--(_)--OOo----==========================+ | for a in past present future; do | | for b in clients employers associates relatives neighbours pets; do | | echo "The opinions here in no way reflect the opinions of my $a $b." | | done; done | +=========================================================================+ _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users