**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Mon Mar 28 02:59:57 2011 Mar 28 04:48:27 Welcome Doc! Mar 28 15:12:28 so, will european freerunner work in usa? Mar 28 15:13:10 or it depends on location? Mar 28 15:14:37 Depends on the location. Mar 28 15:15:22 what about new york? Mar 28 15:20:41 probably better to ask that in maillist. Mar 28 15:26:21 depends on carrier. European FR has 900/1800/1900. You need to find out about the band your provider in USA will use, at location you're going to visit Mar 28 15:28:37 I used US FR (850/1800/1900) for like 6 months in Germany with O2 (1800) and only wondered why it doesn't properly roam to T-Mo (900) when I traveled a highway Mar 28 15:29:51 my friend used a same model FR with Vodafone(900) and complained about poor sensitivity which always dropped connection inside pubs where other phones had no issues Mar 28 15:30:44 technically the calypso is a quadband (850/900/1800/1900) but the filters are only 3 banks Mar 28 15:31:34 so it witched to 900 but used the 850 filter bank which caused poor sensitivity Mar 28 15:33:39 (even OM EE took quite a time until they finally realized the modem design which was heritage from FIC actually was a 3band, so we had to build 2 flavours of 1973/FR) Mar 28 15:49:01 DocScrutinizer, thanks for description, but i were seeking for some practical advice in style of 'what kind of sim to buy in US to make EU fr working' Mar 28 15:50:21 buy a sim of a provider that's using 900 or 1800 or 1900 for GSM (NOT umts!) Mar 28 15:51:57 http://www.mobileworldlive.com/maps/ Mar 28 15:54:49 DocScrutinizer, great link, exactly that i need, thanks! Mar 28 16:07:07 NB AT&T is specifying "Frequency: 850/1900" for their GSM1900 service, so you might actually find them using 850 in the area you're interested in. Check carefully Mar 28 17:49:33 hi Mar 29 01:08:51 is opkg-repo done or will it be back? **** ENDING LOGGING AT Tue Mar 29 02:59:57 2011