Nokia NK-402 Abroad

Cheemag wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Oct 2007 20:25:18 +0100, Jon <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> [email protected] declared for all the world to hear...
>>> My old NK-402 works perfectly in the UK, but operation in France
>>> is practically non-existent. There I seem to acquire and lose the
>>> signal quite randomly. More lose than acquire!
>>>
>>> My wife's new 3-band LG works perfectly all over France, although
>>> she seems to get different networks from me (on the few occasions
>>> where I do get a network).
>>>
>>> Last year she too had a NK-402 and that didn't work in France
>>> either, although both hers and mine worked perfectly in Austria.
>>>
>>> Both Nokias were roaming enabled, of course. Both were on the
>>> Orange pay-as-you-go tarif.
>>>
>>> Orange can't explain these anomalies; can anyone on here?
>>
>> The 402 is a single band, 1800MHz only phone. Get a dual band.
>
> I'll do better - I'll get a tri-bander.
>

Not needed unless you are going to North America and a few South American
countries, and then a QuadBand would be better.


>> For America get a tri or quad band. Then all of your troubles
>> will be over.
>
> I have no need to go to America, now or ever.
>

No need for a tri-band. Though more and more phones are becoming at least
tri-band.

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> Cheemag.


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[email protected] declared for all the world to hear...
> Could eventually be necessary for the EU, who knows?

The GSM association knows, and it will never become necessary.

The only reason America had to have a different frequency band was
because 900 and 1800 were already in use when GSM became popular.
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Jon

"Cheemag" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 7 Oct 2007 08:57:38 +0100, Jon <[email protected]> wrote:

[snip]

> They never conform to the standards adopoted by the rest
> of the world, in anything, ever.

At least they still use pounds ounces and gallons (even if they are a
different size gallon..!)

Petrol has gone up to $3.10 a gallon though :-(

Ivor

On 2007-10-09, {{{{{Welcome}}}}} <bhx_spam@trapped__hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
> Ivor Jones wrote:
>> "Cheemag" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> On Sun, 7 Oct 2007 08:57:38 +0100, Jon <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>>> They never conform to the standards adopoted by the rest
>>> of the world, in anything, ever.
>>
>> At least they still use pounds ounces and gallons (even if they are a
>> different size gallon..!)
>>
>
> Yes, they still use the original French weights. The UK modified them
> slightly when they adopted the French and Italian measures.
>
> Funny how people go on about British weights and some wanting to keep them,
> when there are far from British.

?? Google "wine gallon". The 231 cubic inch gallon was certainly in use
in Britain before anyone there knew there was a continent to the west, and
was one of several gallons in use by the British at the time the US became
independent, none of which were the same size as the Imperial gallon (though
the "ale gallon" was close to it). The Imperial gallon was invented and
made standard in the UK only after the US was gone.

Dennis Ferguson