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DRNewcomb · 06-01-2013, 15:31

I followed this advice whenever possible. At one time I had two Nokia 21XX phones, one 1900 MHz for the US and one 900 MHz for everywhere else. They were too big to carry more than one. After phones got smaller and even multi-band (what an amazing advance that was) I'd carry two active phones. One with a local prepaid SIM and the other with my T-Mobile (US) SIM. Most places it was cheap enough to receive occasional calls on my roaming SIM. I always also carried my Mobal 02 SIM, even though I only ever sent or received and occasional SMS to be sure it was still alive. It was always my last-ditch backup. I need to find that SIM and see if it still works.

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DRNewcomb (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Professionist Posts: 1,465 Join Date: 27 Feb 2004 Location: Mississippi, USA Country:	06-01-2013, 15:31 I followed this advice whenever possible. At one time I had two Nokia 21XX phones, one 1900 MHz for the US and one 900 MHz for everywhere else. They were too big to carry more than one. After phones got smaller and even multi-band (what an amazing advance that was) I'd carry two active phones. One with a local prepaid SIM and the other with my T-Mobile (US) SIM. Most places it was cheap enough to receive occasional calls on my roaming SIM. I always also carried my Mobal 02 SIM, even though I only ever sent or received and occasional SMS to be sure it was still alive. It was always my last-ditch backup. I need to find that SIM and see if it still works.