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petkow · 23-10-2007, 14:29

1800 only should be OK if you are in urban areas such as in Milan, though due to only half the available transmission power available in this band it will deteriorate in rural areas but primarily as it is more viable for the operators to install the 900MHz base stations in these areas. Probably best to let an Italian answer specifics about Milan as has been mentioned.

Generally in Europe, it all really depends on the countries you are going to I suppose. As you say for Italy it sounds like it's not much good but you'd still get away with 1800 only in much of Europe. For the UK, 1800 only is still fine for Orange, T-Mobile and MVNO's such as Virgin. In Germany you have E-Plus and o2 and the stack of cheap MVNO's that come with those.

I remember the days of roaming on my old single band phone quite well.

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petkow (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Pioneer Posts: 696 Join Date: 01 Aug 2006 Location: Madrid Country:	23-10-2007, 14:29 1800 only should be OK if you are in urban areas such as in Milan, though due to only half the available transmission power available in this band it will deteriorate in rural areas but primarily as it is more viable for the operators to install the 900MHz base stations in these areas. Probably best to let an Italian answer specifics about Milan as has been mentioned. Generally in Europe, it all really depends on the countries you are going to I suppose. As you say for Italy it sounds like it's not much good but you'd still get away with 1800 only in much of Europe. For the UK, 1800 only is still fine for Orange, T-Mobile and MVNO's such as Virgin. In Germany you have E-Plus and o2 and the stack of cheap MVNO's that come with those. I remember the days of roaming on my old single band phone quite well.