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noc Posts: 43

I have VS in the U.S. with iStream GPRS. I use a T68. I have no problem with GPRS signal in most places in the States, but when I travel in Europe, I never get a GPRS signal register on my phone. When I land, I try every carrier available and no signal. I know most of these carriers have GPRS, why doesn't my phone register a signal? I've been to UK, France, Portugal, Czech, etc.
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Posted: 2002-05-27 23:35:00
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GOwin Posts: > 500

Probably because there are no GPRS roaming agreements between your SP and the roaming partner? This post was posted from a T39
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Posted: 2002-05-28 00:43:00
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Den Posts: 99

Mine registers the GPRS signal (blue GPRS mark over the normal GSM-field mark appears but it is "white" inside (so only blue BORDER appears) - means the GPRS is present but not allowed - on mine T68m) but GPRS connection isn't allowed (it is also saying something like this "GPRS not allowed" when pressing volume button down) abroad

I was in Sweden and France. In FInland (home country) all works fine!
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Posted: 2002-05-28 01:12:00
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Deltayoda Posts: > 500

Yes, what GOwin said.

GPRS is working in Europe in almost every damn little nitch.
If you want to use GPRS worldwide without switching SIM cards, look into swisscoms services.

www.swisscom.com

They offer pretty much world wide service for voice and data.
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Posted: 2002-05-28 01:14:00
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Yoonoo Posts: 31

I have GPRS with VoiceStream and I was able to use it while I was on transit in Montreal airport. I don't remember which GSM provider that was, but I noticed the connection was actually faster than voicestream's !

GPRS roaming exists among a few providers it's just not offcial yet.
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Posted: 2002-05-28 02:30:00
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drad Posts: 137

there was none on MCell in western Canada.

Voicestream says they are working on roaming agreements for Europe. No date given.

I'd love to hear how you're surfing iStream here in the States. iStream almost never works on my T39, though I can get online fine using the Ericsson and other public gateways!
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Posted: 2002-05-28 02:33:00
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Cactus Posts: 29

Yes,
GPRS roaming is still a very rare thing to find. I guess it only exists in some Scandinavian countries at the moment. I called my provider here in Belgium and was told that it should be availalble here in Europe before the end on this year. Nothing to do but wait. If anybody has more info on this matter please let us know. I am very interested in this type of roaming in Germany and France.

Many thanks.
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Posted: 2002-05-28 14:38:00
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doubleduh Posts: 436

Vodafone does have GPRS-roaming in NL, BE, FR, SP, UK.

And it actually works, I went to Belgium yesterday and I could use the Proximus-network (email and WAP) without any problems.

I hope they get some agreement with Voicestream, as I would really like to use GPRS in Texas this summer

wtf, I edited this message an hour before I posted it?

[ This Message was edited by: doubleduh on 2002-06-04 15:00 ]
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Posted: 2002-06-04 15:57:00
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josch Posts: 133

[hey noc,

i was in the USA last month and it was not possible to use my t68i with GPRS: (FLORIDA)
no reception.
josch
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Posted: 2002-06-04 16:31:00
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tranquil Posts: > 500

Speaking of Scandinavia... The Norwegian network with Netcom has a roaming agreement for the whole of Scandinavia. But as soon as you get out of that area you're buggered. The only way to solve the problem them is to use the old fachion WAP, calling good and say a fortune a minute. KS This post was posted from a T68i
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Posted: 2002-06-04 16:54:00
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