Re: Using a 3G USIM in a 2G phone?

On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:33:07 +0100, Rick Marks <dikm@yahoo.com> wrote:
>Can a USIM for, say, Orange 3G service be used in a Orange (or
>otherwise unlocked) 2G phone to make calls?
>
>My plan:
>
>ISTR from this newsgroup that the Orange £1/day data applies to Orange
>3G USIM as well as to GPRS albeit with some limit on use, granted.
>
>I want to use the USIM in a USB high speed data modem with a PC, but
>I need a way to add the £1/day Orange Extra. However, I don't own a
>3G phone and plan to use use a 2G phone if I can.
>
>Is there a flaw in my plan?

In February I upgraded to a RAZR2 V8. (Nice phone.) The V8 is the
quad-band GSM+EDGE version, the V9 is the 3G one.

Yet, now when I log into the "Your Account" section of the Orange
webshite, it claims I have a 3G USIM provisioned. Does this mean I have a
3G SIM or the webshite is just confused? Any way to tell for certain?

This SIM also works in my L7 handset. Not tried it in my older ones... (I
have an L7089 kicking around still, still works, though the battery life
is bad.)

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