nitram38
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| posted on 27/2/08 at 12:06 AM |
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OT: Mobile phone guru required!
When we go to usa on holiday, I want to take my orange mobile (it is quad and will work).
To save on charges (£1.20 per min to recieve calls) I want to enable call barring.
Will this prevent text messages being recieved aswell?
Texts are free to recieve and I only want my family to text if there is a problem back home.
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charlierevell
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| posted on 27/2/08 at 12:08 AM |
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Should bar all calls and allow texts to work. Worked for O2 for 3 years.
Only problem is getting the damn thing barred for a bit.
Thought about getting a sim whilst your out there and texting the number back to the family?
Tango orange is an 'IN' colour!!
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worX
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| posted on 27/2/08 at 12:11 AM |
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As above.
Just buy a PAYG sim and stick £XX on it...
Steve
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nitram38
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| posted on 27/2/08 at 12:12 AM |
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I have thought of another sim, but getting the phone unlocked, how easy is it and cheap (free preferebly!)
They don't do orange over there, it is Cingular, AT & T etc
Phone is a Motarola K1 by the way!
[Edited on 27/2/2008 by nitram38]
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RK
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| posted on 27/2/08 at 12:22 AM |
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Along the same lines, I am going to Italy, Luxembourg and Belgium in the next two weeks. My CDMA phone here in Canada cannot be made to work over
there. Whats the cheapest way to go? Rent one? Buy one and get phone cards? Ideas?
Thanks chaps!
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worX
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| posted on 27/2/08 at 12:35 AM |
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RK
I've probably got an old phone round here that'll work in those places (I'll check) if I find it, you can have it FOC...
It's whether I can post it to you and it gets there within two weeks, or I could post it to where you are going maybe?
Steve
[Edited on 27/2/08 by worX]
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charlierevell
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| posted on 27/2/08 at 09:14 AM |
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You can get a phone for sub £50 quid easily now (Probably even cheaper in tesco's or similar!)
Could well come with a tenners credit!
£13 phone!
There ya go... just go in and get something like that in whichever country you land in first!
Tango orange is an 'IN' colour!!
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andyps
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| posted on 27/2/08 at 11:05 AM |
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Just set it to divert all calls to your voicemail. Depending upon what type of deal you are on you might find that this is free and your texts will
still get through.
You can but a PAYG phone for as little as £15 so just get one and take is for any emergencies. In addition Carphone Warehouse (amongst others) sell a
sim card - SIM4Travel - which gives very good rates for both receiving and making calls whilst travelling.
Andy
An expert is someone who knows more and more about less and less
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 27/2/08 at 11:07 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by charlierevell
You can get a phone for sub £50 quid easily now (Probably even cheaper in tesco's or similar!)
Could well come with a tenners credit!
£13 phone!
There ya go... just go in and get something like that in whichever country you land in first!
With the added bonus that it's not as attractive to thieves and if you lose it, you haven't got to replace an expensive phone.
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nitram38
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| posted on 27/2/08 at 11:10 AM |
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I would prefer to use my own phone and use call barring.
Recieving texts is free (if it works with call barring) so that is all we need for emergency contact for back home.
Buying a phonecard out there for $10 gives about 30 mins if we want to call home.
Orange charge £1.20 a min.
I know you can buy tracphones out there but then you have to call the phone provider and I have heard about problems taking a few days to get
connected.
[Edited on 27/2/2008 by nitram38]
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matt_claydon
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| posted on 27/2/08 at 11:38 AM |
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Why do you need to actually bar the calls? Surely you can just ignore them or set call divert to send them all to answer phone?
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dhutch
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| posted on 27/2/08 at 02:57 PM |
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Yeah, i would have thought you could just not pick it up?
- Set it to not ring except for texts, job done?
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nitram38
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| posted on 27/2/08 at 03:52 PM |
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Call barring will stop answerphone messages. I am going for 3 weeks and I get phone calls from yellow pages subscribers looking for an electrician
etc.
I don't want 300 messages waiting for me when I get back!
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andyps
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| posted on 28/2/08 at 11:15 PM |
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Put a message on your answerphone to say that you away until whatever date so would be unable to work until after then - should stop some of the
messages and they won't think you have gone out of business, then divert all calls to the answerphone.
Andy
An expert is someone who knows more and more about less and less
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