On 2009-07-02, Mark <mark_news@ymail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:12:17 +0100, 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
>
> This may help:
>
> http://www.ertyu.org/steven_nikkel/cancellsites.html
>
> Basically only Rogers has a GSM network* and operates on 850/1900 MHz
> so you would do well to take a quad-band phone. Check the Rogers site
> for 2G coverage.
>
> In Vancouver last year we had great coverage on a Moto Razr V3 on the
> Rogers network.

The other GSM network there, Microcell/Fido, got bought by Rogers a few
years back, and in about 2005 they were merging the two networks
together and turning Fido into a virtual network on Rogers.

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