I was just in Madrid last week (which is why I'm behind on email) and pretty much had to abandon my iPhone for the week because the US AT&T plan would have been cost prohibitive. I guess they way you can do it is pay an extra $6 a month for their World Travler plan which gets you reduced rates. The reduced rate was still about $1 a minute to talk and 1.5 cents per kbyte for data. No thanks. Here in the states I can go from coast to coast and my 'unlimited' data plan and voice plan basically make the cost flat. Someday this should apply to international as well. It's just bits over a wire and I can Skype for free. Why does my wireless have to cost so much?
CB Abdul Kamara wrote: > Hi Rebecca, > Assuming you've yet to upgrade your iPhone to OS v3.1, you could "jail > break" (unlock) the phone. However, such a move would be nothing > short of a cat and mouse game. Depending on how long you'll be on > this side of the pond, the anxiety may not be worth it. I should also > add that to my knowledge, there are currently no available solutions > to "jail breaking" v3.1. Assuming you can jail break at all, you can > find on most high streets through Britain a shop or kiosk that offer > unlocking services for 10 pounds. > > I often travel between Britain and Denmark, and the phone companies of > both countries seem to be fairly flexible and accommodating of > customers traveling abroad. AT&T has the power to unlock the phone. > I would suggest asking them to explain the extraordinary circumstances > under which they'd be inclined to release your phone. > > This is an aside, but Denmark has a law requiring mobile telecoms to > unlock phones on demand if not after a the six month contract is > over. The UK has a similar rule, though less rigid. It would be > great if there was similar legislation in the States. Perhaps this > should be a new area that a coalition of consumer groups for the > disabled should tackle. > > Otherwise, as previously suggested, you could get a cheap phone and > pop in a pay as you go cim. Of course you may not need to buy a whole > new phone. If you have been an AT&T or T-mobile customer Pre-iPhone. > or any GSM carrier for that matter, you can use that phone you > previously had during your travels. > > As for pay-as-you-go services, I would recommend Talk Mobile. They > are among the cheapest for domestic calls within the UK and > international calls as well. You can call the US for as little as 2p > a minute. > Best, > A > > > > On 14 Oct 2009, at 16:40, Rebecca Redmile wrote: > > >> What are the dangers both technically and financially of doing this? >> Please don't anybody write and suggest I get a roaming plan, ... I >> havea three-year contract already and would like to keep costs as low >> as I can. But I don't know anythig about unlocking a phone. Any >> suggestions? >> Rebecca >> >> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
