Is Roaming possible in the UK?

"R. Mark Clayton" <nospamclayton@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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>>> Don't forget that you will need a dual / tri-band phone to get the full
>>> benefit as O2 and Voda are dual band in the UK, whereas Orange and T are
>>> not.
>> So any phone made for the European market in the last 8 years then?
>
> Not as long as that I suspect.
>
Last Nokia monobander was the 5110 / 5130 or 6110 / 6130
they came out in 1997.
First Nokia dualbander was 6150 about 1998

Steve Terry

In article <QZKdnaECwZ2j2L3VnZ2dnUVZ8v2vnZ2d@bt.com>,
"R. Mark Clayton" <nospamclayton@btinternet.com> writes:
> The first true hand portables appeared in the UK in 1986. By 1991 the UK
> had millions of phones, 99% coverage,

99% _population_ coverage, note, not geographic coverage. Decent geographic
coverage still eludes many parts of the country, and roaming and mast-sharing
would help that a lot.
--
SAm.

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Steve Terry <gFOURwwk@tesco.net> typed, for some strange, unexplained
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: Last Nokia monobander was the 5110 / 5130 or 6110 / 6130
: they came out in 1997.
: First Nokia dualbander was 6150 about 1998

I still have mine, good phone it is too. Only gripe is battery life, it's
abysmal compared to the 6310i. But it uses the same batteries and
accessories :-)

Ivor

"R. Mark Clayton" <nospamclayton@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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> In France by contrast handsets still cost ~£2k, coverage was both
> fragmented and patchy and charges were high.

Handsets aren't still that expensive in the France I've visited in the last
few years...

V