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Article #146Re: Roaming question: When do the charges start?
From: Adrian Smith
Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2003 12:32
Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2003 12:32
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On Sun, 05 Jan 2003 10:57:44 +0000, Iain Harrison <postmaster@127.0.0.1> wrote: >There is a gap between being able to use roaming in key cities and >"the need to stay in touch" but since that was written, it looks as if >US coverage has improved. Some revision needed, I agree. Thanks for >the information. Agreed - perhaps some additional comments here. My typical experience is that coverage is normally good within a 90 minute drive of the key City centre (or airport) and that after that distance a further 30-60 minute drive time on key highways has good coverage. Moving off a key highway more than a few miles often results in NO GSM coverage. However normally I have a US driver with me and his or her cellphone (the one they rely on day to day) has similar or worse coverage than my GSM handset. They don't/didn't normally have a GSM handset - rather an analogue (or dual-mode) one. The drivers will still rely on a pager.
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