Mark Stephens <no@way.com> wrote:

> "J B" <jb@privacy.net> wrote in message
> news:52bg1eF1oabn9U1@mid.individual.net...
> > "David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" <d4g4hd@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:1hsszf2.83m0n2upezp8N%d4g4hd@yahoo.co.uk...
> >
> >> Easiest and cheapest way IME is to use an email service with a wap
> >> portal.
> >
> > I used mail2web/wap to get all my onetel e mails a couple of weeks ago in
> > Cyprus.
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > J B
> >
>
> Thanks for the advice. So can you get WAP in any country - is it part of
> the mobile phone signal?

You can get GPRS WAP (which is what would be cheapest here) in many
countries- maybe even most countries with GSM signals- but it does
depend on the roaming agreements with your phone company. It's been a
long time since I couldn't get a roaming GPRS signal, despite GPRS
existing in those particular countries. I couldn't get one in Slovenia a
few months ago for some reason, and I'm sure they have it there. Also,
GPRS roaming may not be available (or work well) on all carriers in that
country, so it's worth trying another if it doesn't work on the first
network you pick up.

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