Daughter leaves for Ecuador 5-27-07

[Przemolog]

Originally Posted by snidely

1. Ecuador uses 850 - same as lots of the Cingular/ATT in U.S.
2. Some quad band phones can be set to restrict network searches to look for only 900/1800 or 850/1900. If set to look for only 900/1800 it won't find 850.

What is IMHO somehow reasonable since AFAIK there are no 850/1800 or 900/1900 dual-band networks anywhere . But if there are areas where 850/900 and/or 1800/1900 coverage overlaps, it wouldn't be that good...