UK Sims In Dublin?

Hi,

Is it possible to use UK sim cards in Dublin and pick up UK signals?
I know it's possible beside the border but how about over the sea (ie
in Dublin, Wexford, Waterford etc)?

<decbohan@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Is it possible to use UK sim cards in Dublin and pick up UK signals?
> I know it's possible beside the border but how about over the sea (ie
> in Dublin, Wexford, Waterford etc)?


No

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<decbohan@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Is it possible to use UK sim cards in Dublin and pick up UK signals?
> I know it's possible beside the border but how about over the sea (ie
> in Dublin, Wexford, Waterford etc)?
>


No because the Irish network singal be stronger so your phone will lock to
there network.


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www.payasyougo.me.uk wrote:
> <decbohan@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1134586370.025239.116520@g44g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>> Hi,
>>
>> Is it possible to use UK sim cards in Dublin and pick up UK signals?
>> I know it's possible beside the border but how about over the sea (ie
>> in Dublin, Wexford, Waterford etc)?
>>
>
>
> No because the Irish network singal be stronger so your phone will lock to
> there network.
>
>
Not only that, even if the signal was strong enough the timing would be
too long to be accepted. The phone signal must get back to the cell
within a certain time slot. So the allowable distance is not very far
e.g 25Km

In article <1134586370.025239.116520@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups .com>,
says...
> Hi,
>
> Is it possible to use UK sim cards in Dublin and pick up UK signals?
> I know it's possible beside the border but how about over the sea (ie
> in Dublin, Wexford, Waterford etc)?
>
You can use a UK SIM but it'll be roaming on the Eire networks and
costing you a bomb.

Lets put it this way, if you're not careful in Londonderry, you end up
on an Eire telco.


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Star Trek? Good Lord!" - Patrick Stewart, Extras.

So people driving along the border in Ireland that are sometimes closer
to a UK mast yet still in the Republic will be charged for Roaming?
Thanks for the replies ..

<decbohan@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> So people driving along the border in Ireland that are sometimes closer
> to a UK mast yet still in the Republic will be charged for Roaming?
> Thanks for the replies ..

Phone will tell you if you're roaming or not. Some phones have a roaming
icon next to the signal icon. Others will display the network name. However,
there is O2-IRL and Vodafone-IRL too.

Marcus

It's just that a few people over on the TwilightWap forums were saying
that they bought UK Sims with unlimited free GPRS and were using these
in Dublin. Is that possible. Would be handy as I spent 100 euros on
GPRS the part month alone.

<decbohan@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> It's just that a few people over on the TwilightWap forums were saying
> that they bought UK Sims with unlimited free GPRS and were using these
> in Dublin. Is that possible. Would be handy as I spent 100 euros on
> GPRS the part month alone.

Orange does a £1 per day unlimited GPRS service. Don't know if international
GPRS roaming is inclusive though.

Marcus

Marcus Fox wrote:
> <decbohan@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1134605442.358575.244900@f14g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
>
>>It's just that a few people over on the TwilightWap forums were saying
>>that they bought UK Sims with unlimited free GPRS and were using these
>>in Dublin. Is that possible. Would be handy as I spent 100 euros on
>>GPRS the part month alone.
>
>
> Orange does a £1 per day unlimited GPRS service. Don't know if international
> GPRS roaming is inclusive though.
>
> Marcus
>
>
uk only, 2g only

> uk only, 2g only

So roaming not allowed then? Gotta get cheaper GPRS. Blew 7 Euros in
the past ten minutes on this train just browsing the board .. rip off.

On 15 Dec 2005 03:46:06 -0800, decbohan@gmail.com wrote:

>
>> uk only, 2g only
>
>So roaming not allowed then? Gotta get cheaper GPRS. Blew 7 Euros in
>the past ten minutes on this train just browsing the board .. rip off.


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On 14 Dec 2005 16:10:42 -0800, decbohan@gmail.com wrote:

>It's just that a few people over on the TwilightWap forums were saying
>that they bought UK Sims with unlimited free GPRS and were using these
>in Dublin. Is that possible.

Yes indeed. It is possible to say all sort of rubbish on web forums.

Free roaming GPRS is also possible, because not all networks have got
their GPRS billing act together, but I'd not depend on it!


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> Don't tell me they haven't got Wi-Fi on the Darts yet

Not even on the new futuristic Luas :-)

Can anyone confirm or deny that the Orange 1 Quid Per Day GPRS is
availake while roaming?