 wifi4milezBig Russ, 1918 to 2008. Rest in Peace
join:2004-08-07
New York, NY | reply to SSidlov
Re: Huh? said by SSidlov:If you were buying a iPhone or other 3G phone, the ATT people would have no problem giving you a 3G sim. I went from a EDGE phone to a 3G phone (I'm not smug enough and didn't have the $30 required data plan to qualify for a upgrade to an iPhone) and I had to change my old sim for a new one to get HSDPA speeds on the phone.. Though I have heard of people just going in to swap sims (and you need a 3G sim for HSDPA connectivity, I understand) the sim and the IMEI from the phone (whatever kind it is) have to be linked by ATT to give you service. Having used GSM phones for well over a decade, I have never heard of a different type of SIM being needed to access 3G. Its the radio in the phone that accesses the network, not the SIM. Now I have no experience with the iPhone personally, but unless they are using a revolutionary new technology a SIM is a SIM and will work in any phone (locked phones not being applicable of course).
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 SSidlovOther Things On My MindPremium
join:2000-03-03
Pompton Lakes, NJ
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1 edit | I just went from a Siemens phone to a SE phone. The Siemens was EDGE and the SE is 3G. My old card was a 64K card. They made me change sims. The new card has 3G configuration options on it, there is a option in the phone to 'load configuration' from it. But I suspect that it's only the predefined networking passwords, etc.
however, a quick search turned this up: »wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Carriers/ATT it seems some sim cards won't work or have limted functions.
I have a 'blazing fireball 3G' now.
(I've also had ATT prior to Cingular's purchase when they just started issuing sims...and phones like the dual TDMA/GSM S46 were popular.) |
