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  1. #1
    Emjaye
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    My daughter has a 3G service with "3". I have a NextG service with
    Telstra. Both phones appear to have "3G" SIMs in them.

    What would happen if I put my SIM card in her phone, or vice versa?
    Would either phone work, connect, etc.?





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  2. #2
    brian w edginton
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    Re: 3G SIM Cards and NextG/3G phones

    On Fri, 08 Dec 2006 14:12:27 +1100, Emjaye <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    >My daughter has a 3G service with "3". I have a NextG service with
    >Telstra. Both phones appear to have "3G" SIMs in them.
    >
    >What would happen if I put my SIM card in her phone, or vice versa?
    >Would either phone work, connect, etc.?
    >



    I am guessing you could connect to GSM, only.
    As I have been told, here, 3g and Nextgen operate on different
    frequencies.
    Fish and fowl.

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  3. #3
    Simon Templar
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    Re: 3G SIM Cards and NextG/3G phones

    Emjaye wrote:
    > My daughter has a 3G service with "3". I have a NextG service with
    > Telstra. Both phones appear to have "3G" SIMs in them.
    >
    > What would happen if I put my SIM card in her phone, or vice versa?
    > Would either phone work, connect, etc.?


    Most, if not all 3 phones are locked. So you won't get far putting your
    SIM in her phone. Also NextG is 850 MHz, but hopefully it is smart
    enough to look for Te$stra's 2100 MHz 3G Network (actually roams to 3!)
    and GSM.

    If your phone isn't locked to Te$tra if the phone is capable of the 2100
    MHz 3G then it should work on 3G, otherwise it would just go to GSM.


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  4. #4
    Tsunami Australia
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    Re: 3G SIM Cards and NextG/3G phones

    On Sat, 09 Dec 2006 02:06:41 GMT, brian w edginton
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    >On Fri, 08 Dec 2006 14:12:27 +1100, Emjaye <[email protected]>
    >wrote:
    >
    >>My daughter has a 3G service with "3". I have a NextG service with
    >>Telstra. Both phones appear to have "3G" SIMs in them.
    >>
    >>What would happen if I put my SIM card in her phone, or vice versa?
    >>Would either phone work, connect, etc.?
    >>

    >
    >
    >I am guessing you could connect to GSM, only.
    >As I have been told, here, 3g and Nextgen operate on different
    >frequencies.
    >Fish and fowl.
    >
    >------------------------------------------------------
    >
    >If this was a perfect world, we, probably, wouldn't
    >be in it.


    Yes, NextG operates on around 850mhz as with CDMA, 3G operates around
    2100mhz.

    I would imagine (could be wrong though) that if the NextG sim was put
    in an unlocked 3G phone in a reception area, that it might/should
    work. I highly doubt that the 3 sim will work properly in the NextG
    phone though.



  5. #5
    Paul Day
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    Re: 3G SIM Cards and NextG/3G phones

    On Fri, 08 Dec 2006 14:12:27 +1100 Emjaye may have written:
    > My daughter has a 3G service with "3". I have a NextG service with
    > Telstra. Both phones appear to have "3G" SIMs in them.
    >
    > What would happen if I put my SIM card in her phone, or vice versa?
    > Would either phone work, connect, etc.?


    The Three phone would tell you bugger off when you put the Telstra USIM
    in as it'll be SIM-locked.

    Assuming the NextG phone isn't SIM-locked, with Three's USIM it will
    roam onto Telstra's GSM network with the Three SIM in it, unless you
    have a JasJam, in which case it will log on to Three's 2100Mhz UMTS
    network (the JasJam does 850MHz and 2100MHz UMTS IIRC).

    PD

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    Web: http://www.enigma.id.au/



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