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Subject: Re: [OM] (OT) The Road Ahead - more factors to consider.
From: "philippe.amard" <philippe.amard@xxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:22:31 +0100
Alice and I were in NY last month with Iphones (SFR) and text messages  
worked fine
She was in Leicester (UK) earlier this week and it also worked fine.
Might work this other round :-)

Ph



Le 27 mars 13 à 16:53, Bob Whitmire a écrit :

> Thanks. That's good advice. First, I'm going to find out if the  
> wireless functions of my iPhone on the Verizon Net will work in the  
> UK. I know my cousin's AT&T phone worked in London. She used YELP a  
> lot while there, though she didn't use it for phone calls.
>
> I wouldn't want a burner smartphone. Simple talk & text would be  
> enough, and the last time I was in the UK we didn't have that, but  
> phone boxes were fairly plentiful. But that was the London area. I'm  
> guessing NW Scotland may find them a little thin on the ground. <g>
>
> As for fuel, well, we're going to rent something economical and just  
> squeeze our eyes shut and pony up at the pump. What the hell, it's  
> vacation, right? And I've got a lot of travel miles on my credit  
> card that I can use to offset some fairly serious charges. For  
> example, my cost for a week's self-catering cottage? Nothing. Of  
> course I've paid the card company a lot of interest to get those  
> points, but still.
>
> --Bob
>
>
> On Mar 27, 2013, at 11:19 AM, Brian Gray wrote:
>
>> Personally I would recommend against a
>>  last minute purchase of a 'strange' smartphone as my experience is  
>> that
>>  it can take quite a while to learn how to do even the simplest  
>> things
>>  on first acquaintance with a touch screen system, while texting  
>> (SMS)
>>  can be a cheap communication method, particularly on a Pay-as-U-Go
>>  phone.
>
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