I guess he will be in The States for a while yet so he is going to go with a Sprint "everything" plan as it appears they allow him to suspend service with no penalties if he needs to. He can then get whatever cheapo phone when he does get sent abroad.
Thanks for the info and tips, Mike On Nov 13, 2012 8:06 AM, "Mitch Haley" <m...@voyager.net> wrote: > Dieselhead wrote: > >> 'Don't know the details of Grndson's phone during his school year in >>> France, but it also worked great from Budapest, Hungary; Sarajevo, Bosnia, >>> Milan, Italy; Vilnius, Lithuania; Kiev, Ukraine; Krakow & Auschwitz, >>> Poland, etc., also. >>> >>> Wilton >>> >> >> GSM phone. >> > > IIRC, not all GSM is created equal, due to differing frequencies. > Get a quad band model to be sure it'll work everywhere. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/**GSM_frequency_bands<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM_frequency_bands> > > ______________________________**_________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives > http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com