Daughter leaves for Ecuador 5-27-07

stevenjeff · 30-05-2007, 12:08

May 30, Spoke with my daughter and she stated the phone works with the local sims which is great. She has not tried the 09 since the first day in Quito Ecuador. I explained to her how to manually search for a network, and she is supposed to try it tonight I hope.

I did call 09 and they state the card should work in Ecuador as their website states. Her roommate from Germany also had a cell phone on arrival and it did not work. My daughter said it was a pda phone and had a UM card? No service.
Both of these companies are suppose to have service, but its not working.

Q. Is it possible Ecuador Cellular towers are set to only accept local sims? A way for the Country/Cities to keep revenue locally?

Anyway here is another email if you all like to read.

To: Jefferies, Christina; stevejefferies@adelphia.net
Subject: hi

I bought a sim card at the mall.....but I only have 3 dollars on it right now. he did not speak any english and he could not understand my spanish very well so i just took what he gave me....i only payed 5 dollars.

they have a curves here...its right by the school....its only 75 dollars for a one year membership....and gas is $1.48

everything here is really cheap...i bought 2 liters of water for 50 cents... there are churches on every corner...

today i got a whole lunch (drink, soup, and chicken sandwich and fries) for $3.50

At the restaurants they serve everything in a bottle...including soda.

there are so many people just walking everywhere...in the middle of the road..everywhere...its worse than NYC.
little kids just run the streets alone.

it is not like the united states where everyone is so strict about things.... the people just do what they want and everyone is treated the same..it doesn't matter if you are young or old.

my roomate and i have a bathroom in our room. the house is big, and i havent even seen all of it yeat...i only have seen the second floor!

no, my roomate is only here for 10 weeks, but that is ok because by then i will know spanish and i will know my way around and i will only be 2 weeks behind her.

my roomate and i took the bus into town today. its one 25 cents...so cheap.
I am going back to the house now....dont call there any more!!!!
my phone number is 08-7031782 but when i get a card with more talk time it will change..

love always
-val

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stevenjeff (Offline) Junior Member Amateur Member Posts: 18 Join Date: 13 Apr 2007 Country:	30-05-2007, 12:08 May 30, Spoke with my daughter and she stated the phone works with the local sims which is great. She has not tried the 09 since the first day in Quito Ecuador. I explained to her how to manually search for a network, and she is supposed to try it tonight I hope. I did call 09 and they state the card should work in Ecuador as their website states. Her roommate from Germany also had a cell phone on arrival and it did not work. My daughter said it was a pda phone and had a UM card? No service. Both of these companies are suppose to have service, but its not working. Q. Is it possible Ecuador Cellular towers are set to only accept local sims? A way for the Country/Cities to keep revenue locally? Anyway here is another email if you all like to read. To: Jefferies, Christina; stevejefferies@adelphia.net Subject: hi I bought a sim card at the mall.....but I only have 3 dollars on it right now. he did not speak any english and he could not understand my spanish very well so i just took what he gave me....i only payed 5 dollars. they have a curves here...its right by the school....its only 75 dollars for a one year membership....and gas is $1.48 everything here is really cheap...i bought 2 liters of water for 50 cents... there are churches on every corner... today i got a whole lunch (drink, soup, and chicken sandwich and fries) for $3.50 At the restaurants they serve everything in a bottle...including soda. there are so many people just walking everywhere...in the middle of the road..everywhere...its worse than NYC. little kids just run the streets alone. it is not like the united states where everyone is so strict about things.... the people just do what they want and everyone is treated the same..it doesn't matter if you are young or old. my roomate and i have a bathroom in our room. the house is big, and i havent even seen all of it yeat...i only have seen the second floor! no, my roomate is only here for 10 weeks, but that is ok because by then i will know spanish and i will know my way around and i will only be 2 weeks behind her. my roomate and i took the bus into town today. its one 25 cents...so cheap. I am going back to the house now....dont call there any more!!!! my phone number is 08-7031782 but when i get a card with more talk time it will change.. love always -val