"Brian Mc" <bkm@somewhere.ac.uk> wrote in message
news:h2i20j$cqh$1@south.jnrs.ja.net...
> Terry Pinnell <terrypinDELETE@thesedial.pipex.com> wrote:
> : I have a Nokia 3210 and I'm using Orange pay-as-you-go for my
> : occasional calls. My wife and I are going on holiday in Canada
> : (Rockies area, starting in Calgary). I'm woefully ignorant on these
> : things so could someone please let me know the status of coverage
> : there please? Will I be able to use my phone to call
> : - My wife (who has O2 PAYG); she won't necessarily be on same walks
> : - Canadian friends
> : - My sons back in UK
>
> Firstly the 3210 won't work there - the GSM radio frequencies used in the
> US
> and Canada are different to Europe and you would need a tri-band phone at
> least (this cover the two bands used in Europe and the most common one in
> Canada/US). Most recent phones do this.
>
> With the correct phone coverage is very good in most towns (Banff,
> Lake Louise, Jasper etc.) but you will lose signal for some times when
> moving between them.
>
>
Maybe simpler to buy a tri or quad band GSM phone with PAYG sim
out there, and then afterwards be able to use it back here with a UK Sim

Steve Terry