Re: power in Korea..
Lest someone get a nasty surprise by believing everything you read on the Internet, if you are staying in the IETF hotel, click through from the IETF meeting accommodation page, follow the instructions to find the Lotte Seoul, click rooms and then standard and deluxe rooms. There you will find the interesting statement: - Voltage in Main Buliding rooms is 110v. New Wing rooms is 220v. the above description is correct. my room is in main building and all outlets are 110V, US/JP style. now, the question is, how to plug in my rental CDMA-with-SIM phone charger (which has round-shaped pins like european countries) :-) i found shape changers behind the TV set so i'm using it (charger is 100-220V capable). [EMAIL PROTECTED] in seoul
RE: power in Korea..
FWIW, I'm roaming with my U.S. ATT (AWS) SIM just fine here in Seoul. It took less than 5 minutes to pick up the phone at the airport with a pre-reservation. At 04:36 PM 2/27/2004, Joel Jaeggli wrote: t-mobile usa doesn't appear to have a roaming agreement with anyone. t-mobile germany has one with sk-telecom... It really continues to annoy me that the US carries can continue to bung up international roaming like they do. joelja On Thu, 26 Feb 2004, Adam Roach wrote: -Original Message- From: Aaron Falk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Has anybody tried this kind of trick (putting the SIM in another phone) with a T-mobile sim? I know that T-mobile binds the phone to the sim but don't know if they bind the sim to the phone. --aaron As of three years ago, they did not. On the other hand, my research so far has failed to turn up a roaming partner for T-Mobile USA in Korea, so I don't think it will do much good. /a -- -- Joel Jaeggli Unix Consulting [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG Key Fingerprint: 5C6E 0104 BAF0 40B0 5BD3 C38B F000 35AB B67F 56B2
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In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] write s: Lest someone get a nasty surprise by believing everything you read on the Internet, if you are staying in the IETF hotel, click through from the IETF meeting accommodation page, follow the instructions to find the Lotte Seoul, click rooms and then standard and deluxe rooms. There you will find the interesting statement: - Voltage in Main Buliding rooms is 110v. New Wing rooms is 220v. the above description is correct. my room is in main building and all outlets are 110V, US/JP style. now, the question is, how to plug in my rental CDMA-with-SIM phone charger (which has round-shaped pins like european countries) :-) i found shape changers behind the TV set so i'm using it (charger is 100-220V capable). I had the same problem, so I just asked at the front desk -- they gave me a round-flat converter. The outlet surprise I've run into is British-style outlets in the hallways. If you have converters for such outlets, bring them. --Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb
Re: power in Korea..
On 26 Feb 2004, at 15:15, Joe Touch wrote: Matt Holdrege wrote: I am shocked that the IETF didn't rewire downtown Seoul to accommodate our conference! The next thing we'll hear is that our TDMA phones won't work. Or that they don't have TGI Friday's within easy walking distance. :-) About phones: Also, for GSM subscribers: http://www.etechkorea.info/articles/20020601001.php These are CDMA phones which are specially designed for GSM roamers (you stick your GSM SIM in the back of them). I used a KTF CDMA phone with my Microcell GSM SIM last August, and it worked fine. The cost of renting the phone was very low, and picking up the handset at ICN was painless. Joe
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On Feb 26, 2004, at 2:15 AM, Joe Abley wrote: Also, for GSM subscribers: http://www.etechkorea.info/articles/20020601001.php These are CDMA phones which are specially designed for GSM roamers (you stick your GSM SIM in the back of them). I used a KTF CDMA phone with my Microcell GSM SIM last August, and it worked fine. The cost of renting the phone was very low, and picking up the handset at ICN was painless. Has anybody tried this kind of trick (putting the SIM in another phone) with a T-mobile sim? I know that T-mobile binds the phone to the sim but don't know if they bind the sim to the phone. --aaron
power in Korea..
what is the standard voltage - sockets in Korea? Its my first time there Richard Shockey, Senior Manager, Strategic Technology Initiatives NeuStar Inc. 46000 Center Oak Plaza - Sterling, VA 20166 sip:rshockey(at)iptel.org ENUM +87810-13313-31331 PSTN Office +1 571.434.5651 PSTN Mobile: +1 703.593.2683, Fax: +1 815.333.1237 mailto:richard(at)shockey.us or mailto:richard.shockey(at)neustar.biz http://www.neustar.biz ; http://www.enum.org
RE: power in Korea..
Europe United Arab Emirates 220 V 50 HZ UK Uzbekistan 220 V 50 HZ Europe Vietnam 120-220 V 50 HZ Europe, UK Yemen 220 V 50 HZ UK -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Shockey Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 3:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: power in Korea.. what is the standard voltage - sockets in Korea? Its my first time there Richard Shockey, Senior Manager, Strategic Technology Initiatives NeuStar Inc. 46000 Center Oak Plaza - Sterling, VA 20166 sip:rshockey(at)iptel.org ENUM +87810-13313-31331 PSTN Office +1 571.434.5651 PSTN Mobile: +1 703.593.2683, Fax: +1 815.333.1237 mailto:richard(at)shockey.us or mailto:richard.shockey(at)neustar.biz http://www.neustar.biz ; http://www.enum.org
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--On Wednesday, 25 February, 2004 15:58 -0800 Jasen Strutt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Korea is 220. Easily found with a google search, versus an entire list ;-) Lest someone get a nasty surprise by believing everything you read on the Internet, if you are staying in the IETF hotel, click through from the IETF meeting accommodation page, follow the instructions to find the Lotte Seoul, click rooms and then standard and deluxe rooms. There you will find the interesting statement: - Voltage in Main Buliding rooms is 110v. New Wing rooms is 220v. Don't be surprised if similar situations are encountered in other hotels and facilities. If I recall, 110 volt outlets in Korea are compatible with US / Japanese two-prong plugs, i.e., two parallel flat blades. john
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See my previous post on this topic. Quick answer: Euro-style round-pin plugs Long answer: The official Korean plug is 4.8 mm in diameter whereas the Euro-plug is 4.0 mm. This means you *could* encounter some loose connections unless you use the European *grounded* plug which *is* 4.8 mm also. Apple users get both a Euro plug and a Korean plug in the world-wide plug kit for the white power bricks. Springloaded adapters such as the Sascom and Gocom are good alternatives. Ole Ole J. Jacobsen Editor and Publisher, The Internet Protocol Journal Tel: +1 408-527-8972 GSM: +1 415-370-4628 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://www.cisco.com/ipj On Wed, 25 Feb 2004, Richard Shockey wrote: what is the standard voltage - sockets in Korea? Its my first time there Richard Shockey, Senior Manager, Strategic Technology Initiatives NeuStar Inc. 46000 Center Oak Plaza - Sterling, VA 20166 sip:rshockey(at)iptel.org ENUM +87810-13313-31331 PSTN Office +1 571.434.5651 PSTN Mobile: +1 703.593.2683, Fax: +1 815.333.1237 mailto:richard(at)shockey.us or mailto:richard.shockey(at)neustar.biz http://www.neustar.biz ; http://www.enum.org
Re: power in Korea..
At 04:59 PM 2/25/2004, Ole Jacobsen wrote: Quick answer: Euro-style round-pin plugs Long answer: The official Korean plug is 4.8 mm in diameter whereas the Euro-plug is 4.0 mm. This means you *could* encounter some loose connections unless you use the European *grounded* plug which *is* 4.8 mm also. Apple users get both a Euro plug and a Korean plug in the world-wide plug kit for the white power bricks. Springloaded adapters such as the Sascom and Gocom are good alternatives. I am shocked that the IETF didn't rewire downtown Seoul to accommodate our conference! The next thing we'll hear is that our TDMA phones won't work. Or that they don't have TGI Friday's within easy walking distance. :-)
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Matt Holdrege wrote: I am shocked that the IETF didn't rewire downtown Seoul to accommodate our conference! The next thing we'll hear is that our TDMA phones won't work. Or that they don't have TGI Friday's within easy walking distance. :-) About phones: You can use a tri-mode CDMA USA phone (e.g., my Verizon v60i), though: a) I needed to update the firmware at the local store. beware: 1. they will tell you this is fruitless, and that everywhere overseas is GSM (it isn't) 2. you may need to recode the ID number (PRL?) (in verizon-speak, dial *228 and recode roaming) 3. the account has to be setup for international roaming In Korea, to dial the US, I was told you dial: 00700 (international number) e.g., 00700 310 555 1212 (I'm sending this long-ish summary since Verizon left it off their international traveler web pages, and it took a few days to decode ;-) Joe
