o2 simplicity?

How come my o2 simplicity card has 3g all over the blurb that came with
it...I wasn't expecting that...?

"From Jimbo's radio shack" <jim.gm4dhj@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> How come my o2 simplicity card has 3g all over the blurb that came with
> it...I wasn't expecting that...?
"O2 have effectively stopped issuing 2G SIMS now as 3G SIMS are
backwards compatible."

very good... hope it works on 900 Mhz and not just 1800 Mhz............

jim.gm4dhj@ntlworld.com declared for all the world to hear...
>
> "From Jimbo's radio shack" <jim.gm4dhj@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> news:zFNVi.21031$uH.3433@newsfe4-gui.ntli.net...
> > How come my o2 simplicity card has 3g all over the blurb that came with
> > it...I wasn't expecting that...?
> "O2 have effectively stopped issuing 2G SIMS now as 3G SIMS are
> backwards compatible."
>
> very good... hope it works on 900 Mhz and not just 1800 Mhz............

Jim, don't forget 2100MHz...
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Regards
Jon

"Jon" <spam@jonparker.plus.com> wrote in message
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> jim.gm4dhj@ntlworld.com declared for all the world to hear...
>>
>> "From Jimbo's radio shack" <jim.gm4dhj@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
>> news:zFNVi.21031$uH.3433@newsfe4-gui.ntli.net...
>> > How come my o2 simplicity card has 3g all over the blurb that came with
>> > it...I wasn't expecting that...?
>> "O2 have effectively stopped issuing 2G SIMS now as 3G SIMS are
>> backwards compatible."
>>
>> very good... hope it works on 900 Mhz and not just 1800 Mhz............
>
> Jim, don't forget 2100MHz...
> --
> Regards
> Jon

my phone is only dual band...does the 900Mhz bit get used with a 3g card Jon
? ...

jim.gm4dhj@ntlworld.com declared for all the world to hear...
> my phone is only dual band...does the 900Mhz bit get used with a 3g card Jon
> ? ...

Not unless you are outside a 3G area when it will drop to 900MHz "2G".
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Regards
Jon

On 2007-10-31, Jon <spam@jonparker.plus.com> wrote:
> jim.gm4dhj@ntlworld.com declared for all the world to hear...
>> my phone is only dual band...does the 900Mhz bit get used with a 3g card Jon
>> ? ...
>
> Not unless you are outside a 3G area when it will drop to 900MHz "2G".

If the phone is a dual band 900/1800 MHz 2G phone would it ever think
it was inside a 3G area? I suspect that phone would just ignore the
3G junk in the SIM and behave the same way it would with a 2G SIM.

Dennis Ferguson

>> Not unless you are outside a 3G area when it will drop to 900MHz "2G".
>
> If the phone is a dual band 900/1800 MHz 2G phone would it ever think
> it was inside a 3G area? I suspect that phone would just ignore the
> 3G junk in the SIM and behave the same way it would with a 2G SIM.
>
> Dennis Ferguson

good good ...

dcferguson@pacbell.net declared for all the world to hear...
> On 2007-10-31, Jon <spam@jonparker.plus.com> wrote:
> > jim.gm4dhj@ntlworld.com declared for all the world to hear...
> >> my phone is only dual band...does the 900Mhz bit get used with a 3g card Jon
> >> ? ...
> >
> > Not unless you are outside a 3G area when it will drop to 900MHz "2G".
>
> If the phone is a dual band 900/1800 MHz 2G phone would it ever think
> it was inside a 3G area? I suspect that phone would just ignore the
> 3G junk in the SIM and behave the same way it would with a 2G SIM.
>
> Dennis Ferguson

Indeed, I had failed to read the post properly (it was Jimbo after all).
--
Regards
Jon

> Indeed, I had failed to read the post properly (it was Jimbo after all).
> --
> Regards
> Jon

very true...I wouldn't touch a 2100Mhz phone :~)

I was just worried the o2 3g sim would only use the 1800Mhz side of the
'phone...