| Forum: Europe  15-11-2011, 12:30 | 
	
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				 Wow, that's pretty great. I notice that it is... 
 Wow, that's pretty great. I notice that it is indeed for połączenia wychodzące - outgoing calls. Glad to see Orange have discovered that stealing their customers' credit wasn't great for business.
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	| Forum: Europe  13-11-2011, 07:10 | 
	
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	| Forum: Americas  02-11-2011, 12:04 | 
	
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	| Forum: Germany  24-10-2011, 05:28 | 
	
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	| Forum: Germany  23-10-2011, 20:09 | 
	
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	| Forum: Europe  23-10-2011, 20:08 | 
	
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				 Yes, but Orange's one-year validity was for... 
 Yes, but Orange's one-year validity was for incoming calls only, and they were not very generous with credit for outgoing calls (no cumulative validity, all credit lost forever on expiration, and...
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	| Forum: Europe  22-10-2011, 20:08 | 
	
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	| Forum: Germany  13-10-2011, 05:12 | 
	
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	| Forum: Germany  30-09-2011, 07:55 | 
	
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	| Forum: Germany  29-09-2011, 18:29 | 
	
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	| Forum: Germany  23-09-2011, 08:02 | 
	
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	| Forum: Americas  18-09-2011, 09:56 | 
	
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	| Forum: Americas  16-09-2011, 12:05 | 
	
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	| Forum: Germany  15-09-2011, 08:25 | 
	
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				 Agreed, the service in Poland vs. Germany has... 
 Agreed, the service in Poland vs. Germany has always surprised me. Take the Berlin-Warszawa Express from Warsaw, and the signal is great all the way to the German border, after which it drops off...
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	| Forum: Europe  15-09-2011, 08:21 | 
	
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	| Forum: Americas  14-09-2011, 12:12 | 
	
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				 T-Zones works - the doc must be wrong. I also... 
 T-Zones works - the doc must be wrong. I also received an SMS warning of data prices "up to $15/MB". Imight try it again to see how much it really costs.
 
 FWIW, are any T-Mobile USA users in the UK...
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	| Forum: Germany  14-09-2011, 07:47 | 
	
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	| Forum: Americas  10-09-2011, 23:33 | 
	
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	| Forum: Americas  10-09-2011, 23:30 | 
	
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				 T-Mobile USA now allows roaming in Europe!   
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 T-Mobile USA now allows roaming in Europe!
 
 http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/content/files/IntlCallingRates.pdf
 
 Not the greatest prices, and a very slipshod list (outdated network names,...
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	| Forum: Germany  07-09-2011, 21:27 | 
	
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	| Forum: UK & Ireland  06-09-2011, 15:06 | 
	
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	| Forum: Germany  03-09-2011, 20:54 | 
	
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				 Another big benefit of Lidl vs. Fonic is that... 
 Another big benefit of Lidl vs. Fonic is that Lidl currently offers 25 euro credit if you port your number to it, offsetting the 25-30 fees most prepaid providers charge to release your number. This...
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	| Forum: Europe  22-08-2011, 07:57 | 
	
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	| Forum: Italy  14-08-2011, 07:40 | 
	
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	| Forum: Germany  05-08-2011, 12:54 | 
	
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	| Forum: Germany  03-08-2011, 23:10 | 
	
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				 I'm still thinking of porting my numbers from... 
 I'm still thinking of porting my numbers from Vodafone to Solomo, or possibly Fonic (or indeed Lidl Mobile, because it's Fonic with a 25 euro bonus for number porting).
 
 Solomo has had some...
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	| Forum: Italy  02-08-2011, 08:53 | 
	
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	| Forum: Germany  16-06-2011, 20:15 | 
	
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				 Netzclub new prices 
 Netzclub has updated its prices, and now they're the same as those for Fonic (9 cents/min, including to Europe and North America). The "sponsored surf" option has been reduced to 100 free megabytes...
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	| Forum: Europe  15-06-2011, 08:37 | 
	
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				 Yes, it's a little different in North America,... 
 Yes, it's a little different in North America, where there are no specific mobile prefixes, so the area codes with the most cachet are the same as they've ever been, particularly 212 - though the...
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	| Forum: France  15-06-2011, 08:36 | 
	
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				 If you use at least 10 euro in a month, this... 
 If you use at least 10 euro in a month, this charge does not occur. But yes, it looks like unlimited validity, as long as you have 16.8 euro per year on the account that you don't mind losing.
 
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	| Forum: Europe  11-06-2011, 08:31 | 
	
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				 All right, I'll start this off.  
  
In Germany,... 
 All right, I'll start this off.
 
 In Germany, GSM 900 service (the "D network") began in 1992. The original prefixes were:
 
 0171 for "D1" (then Deutsche Bundespost Telekom, ie the government. Now...
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	| Forum: UK & Ireland  09-06-2011, 10:34 | 
	
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	| Forum: Americas  08-06-2011, 19:57 | 
	
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	| Forum: Europe  05-06-2011, 12:03 | 
	
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				 Rare and prestigious prefixes 
 To the extent that such things exist, it might be a good idea to list the mobile prefixes in each country that are hard to get nowadays, or are in some way prestigious.
 
 In some cases, these would...
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	| Forum: Europe  04-06-2011, 23:06 | 
	
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	| Forum: Germany  29-05-2011, 22:51 | 
	
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	| Forum: Italy  28-05-2011, 06:35 | 
	
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				 No, you can't. Different country.  
  
  
  
It... 
 No, you can't. Different country.
 
 
 
 It works fine, and usually is identical to the code you get from the authorities, as the formula is public knowledge (differences usually have to do with...
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	| Forum: Europe  23-05-2011, 08:47 | 
	
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	| Forum: Europe  22-05-2011, 12:47 | 
	
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	| Forum: Germany  14-05-2011, 08:06 | 
	
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	| Forum: Germany  05-05-2011, 10:07 | 
	
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	| Forum: Germany  02-05-2011, 07:46 | 
	
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				 Dunno if it's possible - and I doubt it, since... 
 Dunno if it's possible - and I doubt it, since they are interested in advertising to people living in Germany, and getting the SIM requires filling out a profile to help target the ads.
 
 I've got...
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	| Forum: Germany  11-04-2011, 09:37 | 
	
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	| Forum: Germany  03-04-2011, 09:10 | 
	
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				 Is this still true? My wife has a BB and is... 
 Is this still true? My wife has a BB and is thinking of getting a contract with Base. As I hate contracts (and especially German Laufzeitverträge, with their annoying automatic renewal if you fail to...
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	| Forum: Americas  24-03-2011, 16:06 | 
	
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	| Forum: Americas  21-03-2011, 08:39 | 
	
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	| Forum: Mobile Phones  12-03-2011, 10:05 | 
	
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				 Part of the problem, too, is that roaming on a... 
 Part of the problem, too, is that roaming on a foreign SIM almost inevitably costs a fortune in the US. For example, in Germany, I always have my Polish phone switched on, frequently my British one,...
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	| Forum: Germany  24-01-2011, 07:01 | 
	
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	| Forum: Africa, Asia and Pacific  22-01-2011, 13:37 | 
	
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	| Forum: UK & Ireland  09-12-2010, 06:33 | 
	
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