On Jul 30, 8:32 am, Phil<p...@thecork.trig222.f9.co.uk> wrote:
> I had a text from t-mobile last week. The part I found interesting was that SMS
> messages will be charged at 40p to send, MMS will only be charged at 20p, and
> for flext customers it will come out of the contract allowance. I don't think I
> will be sending any SMS messages, but will just use MMS instead.
>
> The other intriging bit I found while looking on the website, was that you may
> see a Luxembourg network when you are on a ferry off the coast of France, how
> does that work?

There is a small local cell on the ferry, probably connected by
satellite

You may also find an Icelandic network in the Adriatic, or on cruise
ships

Similar things will happen in some airliners soon, perhaps Monaco or
Telenor