Verizon Cell phone time syching in Australia
Feb 23rd 2003 | 3:13 am
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Re: Verizon Cell phone time syching in Australia
On Sun, 23 Feb 2003 07:04:21 -0800, Joseph wrote:
>>I bought a Communic8 sim card last time I was in Oz. It costs A$25, gives
>>two months access and comes with $25 worth of calls. The only thing wrong
>>with it was that my text messages to the UK disappeared down a black hole.
>>The answerphone was a bit primitive too. It sent text messages to tell me
>>when I had a message rather than using the standard answerphone protocol.
>
> What is the "standard" answerphone protocol you are referring to?
Well it how it works varies from phone to phone, but normally you get an
icon illuminated and the phone might display a message saying you've got
an answerphone message. For some reason, Telstra sent an SMS message
telling me that I had an answerphone message.
Jason
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Coral Bay, Rottnest Island, Dunsborough and Darwin
>>I bought a Communic8 sim card last time I was in Oz. It costs A$25, gives
>>two months access and comes with $25 worth of calls. The only thing wrong
>>with it was that my text messages to the UK disappeared down a black hole.
>>The answerphone was a bit primitive too. It sent text messages to tell me
>>when I had a message rather than using the standard answerphone protocol.
>
> What is the "standard" answerphone protocol you are referring to?
Well it how it works varies from phone to phone, but normally you get an
icon illuminated and the phone might display a message saying you've got
an answerphone message. For some reason, Telstra sent an SMS message
telling me that I had an answerphone message.
Jason
--
http://www.scuba-addict.co.uk/ for Aussie diving reports including
Coral Bay, Rottnest Island, Dunsborough and Darwin
Feb 23rd 2003 | 7:36 am
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Re: Verizon Cell phone time syching in Australia
"Jason" wrote in message
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> On Sun, 23 Feb 2003 07:04:21 -0800, Joseph wrote:
> >>I bought a Communic8 sim card last time I was in Oz. It costs A$25,
gives
> >>two months access and comes with $25 worth of calls. The only thing
wrong
> >>with it was that my text messages to the UK disappeared down a black
hole.
> >>The answerphone was a bit primitive too. It sent text messages to tell
me
> >>when I had a message rather than using the standard answerphone
protocol.
> >
> > What is the "standard" answerphone protocol you are referring to?
> Well it how it works varies from phone to phone, but normally you get an
> icon illuminated and the phone might display a message saying you've got
> an answerphone message. For some reason, Telstra sent an SMS message
> telling me that I had an answerphone message.
...and to call 101 to retrieve it? Yeah Telstra's always worked like that, I
think.
Daniel
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[email protected]...> On Sun, 23 Feb 2003 07:04:21 -0800, Joseph wrote:
> >>I bought a Communic8 sim card last time I was in Oz. It costs A$25,
gives
> >>two months access and comes with $25 worth of calls. The only thing
wrong
> >>with it was that my text messages to the UK disappeared down a black
hole.
> >>The answerphone was a bit primitive too. It sent text messages to tell
me
> >>when I had a message rather than using the standard answerphone
protocol.
> >
> > What is the "standard" answerphone protocol you are referring to?
> Well it how it works varies from phone to phone, but normally you get an
> icon illuminated and the phone might display a message saying you've got
> an answerphone message. For some reason, Telstra sent an SMS message
> telling me that I had an answerphone message.
...and to call 101 to retrieve it? Yeah Telstra's always worked like that, I
think.
Daniel
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Daniel Bowen, Melbourne, Australia
dbowen at custard dot net dot au
Feb 23rd 2003 | 11:22 am
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Re: Verizon Cell phone time syching in Australia
On Sun, 23 Feb 2003 16:13:13 +0000, "Jason"
wrote:
>Well it how it works varies from phone to phone, but normally you get an
>icon illuminated and the phone might display a message saying you've got
>an answerphone message. For some reason, Telstra sent an SMS message
>telling me that I had an answerphone message.
That's how all the GSM networks in North America work. Is it more
common to show the envelope icon when you have a voice mail message
waiting?
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>Well it how it works varies from phone to phone, but normally you get an
>icon illuminated and the phone might display a message saying you've got
>an answerphone message. For some reason, Telstra sent an SMS message
>telling me that I had an answerphone message.
That's how all the GSM networks in North America work. Is it more
common to show the envelope icon when you have a voice mail message
waiting?
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Feb 23rd 2003 | 9:03 pm
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On Sun, 23 Feb 2003 16:13:13 +0000, "Jason"
wrote:
>On Sun, 23 Feb 2003 07:04:21 -0800, Joseph wrote:
>>>I bought a Communic8 sim card last time I was in Oz. It costs A$25, gives
>>>two months access and comes with $25 worth of calls. The only thing wrong
>>>with it was that my text messages to the UK disappeared down a black hole.
I used a Communic8 SIM during December and Janruary and managed to
text all the UK networks without any problems. Was texting Orange
every day (as my wife had her Orange phone roaming) and every message
got through.
Cheers,
Jason.
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On Sun, 23 Feb 2003 16:13:13 +0000, "Jason"
wrote:
>On Sun, 23 Feb 2003 07:04:21 -0800, Joseph wrote:
>>>I bought a Communic8 sim card last time I was in Oz. It costs A$25, gives
>>>two months access and comes with $25 worth of calls. The only thing wrong
>>>with it was that my text messages to the UK disappeared down a black hole.
I used a Communic8 SIM during December and Janruary and managed to
text all the UK networks without any problems. Was texting Orange
every day (as my wife had her Orange phone roaming) and every message
got through.
Cheers,
Jason.
--
School of Law
Birkbeck College
University of London
--
Feb 23rd 2003 | 9:10 pm
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On Sun, 23 Feb 2003 16:22:18 -0800, Joseph wrote:
>>Well it how it works varies from phone to phone, but normally you get an
>>icon illuminated and the phone might display a message saying you've got
>>an answerphone message. For some reason, Telstra sent an SMS message
>>telling me that I had an answerphone message.
>
> That's how all the GSM networks in North America work. Is it more
> common to show the envelope icon when you have a voice mail message
> waiting?
That's how it's always worked for me in the UK or roaming. Mainly that's
roaming in Europe, but I'm sure I've also had it work like that in Oz.
Perhaps I was on Optus or Vodafone at the time.
Jason
--
http://www.scuba-addict.co.uk/ for Aussie diving reports including
Cape Tribulation, Cairns, Airlie Beach, Exmouth and the HMAS Swan
>>Well it how it works varies from phone to phone, but normally you get an
>>icon illuminated and the phone might display a message saying you've got
>>an answerphone message. For some reason, Telstra sent an SMS message
>>telling me that I had an answerphone message.
>
> That's how all the GSM networks in North America work. Is it more
> common to show the envelope icon when you have a voice mail message
> waiting?
That's how it's always worked for me in the UK or roaming. Mainly that's
roaming in Europe, but I'm sure I've also had it work like that in Oz.
Perhaps I was on Optus or Vodafone at the time.
Jason
--
http://www.scuba-addict.co.uk/ for Aussie diving reports including
Cape Tribulation, Cairns, Airlie Beach, Exmouth and the HMAS Swan
Feb 23rd 2003 | 11:16 pm
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On Mon, 24 Feb 2003 10:03:10 +0000, Jason Hobbs King wrote:
> I used a Communic8 SIM during December and Janruary and managed to
> text all the UK networks without any problems. Was texting Orange
> every day (as my wife had her Orange phone roaming) and every message
> got through.
Do you mean that you could text your wife's Orange phone whilst she was
roaming in Oz? Because that worked for me. Some friends of mine were over,
had an Orange phone and got my text messages. However, I sent several back
to mostly Orange phones in the UK and none of them got through. This was
in September/October.
Jason
--
http://www.scuba-addict.co.uk/ for Aussie diving reports including
Cape Tribulation, Cairns, Airlie Beach, Exmouth and the HMAS Swan
> I used a Communic8 SIM during December and Janruary and managed to
> text all the UK networks without any problems. Was texting Orange
> every day (as my wife had her Orange phone roaming) and every message
> got through.
Do you mean that you could text your wife's Orange phone whilst she was
roaming in Oz? Because that worked for me. Some friends of mine were over,
had an Orange phone and got my text messages. However, I sent several back
to mostly Orange phones in the UK and none of them got through. This was
in September/October.
Jason
--
http://www.scuba-addict.co.uk/ for Aussie diving reports including
Cape Tribulation, Cairns, Airlie Beach, Exmouth and the HMAS Swan
Feb 23rd 2003 | 11:33 pm
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On Mon, 24 Feb 2003 12:16:24 +0000, "Jason"
wrote:
>On Mon, 24 Feb 2003 10:03:10 +0000, Jason Hobbs King wrote:
>> I used a Communic8 SIM during December and Janruary and managed to
>> text all the UK networks without any problems. Was texting Orange
>> every day (as my wife had her Orange phone roaming) and every message
>> got through.
>Do you mean that you could text your wife's Orange phone whilst she was
>roaming in Oz? Because that worked for me. Some friends of mine were over,
>had an Orange phone and got my text messages. However, I sent several back
>to mostly Orange phones in the UK and none of them got through. This was
>in September/October.
Yes that was the case - she had her Orange phone in Australia and
every text got through. Texts back to the UK definately got to (and
back from) Virgin, T-Mobile, O2 and Orange phones.
Not too sure about Voda now I give it second thoughts...
Cheers,
Jason.
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School of Law
Birkbeck College
University of London
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wrote:
>On Mon, 24 Feb 2003 10:03:10 +0000, Jason Hobbs King wrote:
>> I used a Communic8 SIM during December and Janruary and managed to
>> text all the UK networks without any problems. Was texting Orange
>> every day (as my wife had her Orange phone roaming) and every message
>> got through.
>Do you mean that you could text your wife's Orange phone whilst she was
>roaming in Oz? Because that worked for me. Some friends of mine were over,
>had an Orange phone and got my text messages. However, I sent several back
>to mostly Orange phones in the UK and none of them got through. This was
>in September/October.
Yes that was the case - she had her Orange phone in Australia and
every text got through. Texts back to the UK definately got to (and
back from) Virgin, T-Mobile, O2 and Orange phones.
Not too sure about Voda now I give it second thoughts...
Cheers,
Jason.
--
School of Law
Birkbeck College
University of London
--
Feb 24th 2003 | 6:56 pm
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Re: Verizon Cell phone time syching in Australia
Jason Hobbs King wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Feb 2003 12:16:24 +0000, "Jason"
> wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 24 Feb 2003 10:03:10 +0000, Jason Hobbs King wrote:
>>> I used a Communic8 SIM during December and Janruary and managed to
>>> text all the UK networks without any problems. Was texting Orange
>>> every day (as my wife had her Orange phone roaming) and every message
>>> got through.
>>Do you mean that you could text your wife's Orange phone whilst she was
>>roaming in Oz? Because that worked for me. Some friends of mine were over,
>>had an Orange phone and got my text messages. However, I sent several back
>>to mostly Orange phones in the UK and none of them got through. This was
>>in September/October.
>
> Yes that was the case - she had her Orange phone in Australia and
> every text got through. Texts back to the UK definately got to (and
> back from) Virgin, T-Mobile, O2 and Orange phones.
>
> Not too sure about Voda now I give it second thoughts...
Vodafone probably did not work. At least it did not work for us from
our Communic8 (pre-paid) SIM in Oz to Vodafone (pre-paid and post-paid)
SIMs in The Netherlands (in September/October 2002). Bloody annoying,
because that is why we had bought the Communic8 SIM, to send and receive
SMS text messages to/from home, because calling is cumbersome because of
the time difference. (My Dutch Vodafone pre-paid SIM worked in Oz, also
for SMS, but the (usage) cost was much higher.)
OTOH, we managed to solve this 'problem' by going bush. No coverage.
Bliss!
> On Mon, 24 Feb 2003 12:16:24 +0000, "Jason"
> wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 24 Feb 2003 10:03:10 +0000, Jason Hobbs King wrote:
>>> I used a Communic8 SIM during December and Janruary and managed to
>>> text all the UK networks without any problems. Was texting Orange
>>> every day (as my wife had her Orange phone roaming) and every message
>>> got through.
>>Do you mean that you could text your wife's Orange phone whilst she was
>>roaming in Oz? Because that worked for me. Some friends of mine were over,
>>had an Orange phone and got my text messages. However, I sent several back
>>to mostly Orange phones in the UK and none of them got through. This was
>>in September/October.
>
> Yes that was the case - she had her Orange phone in Australia and
> every text got through. Texts back to the UK definately got to (and
> back from) Virgin, T-Mobile, O2 and Orange phones.
>
> Not too sure about Voda now I give it second thoughts...
Vodafone probably did not work. At least it did not work for us from
our Communic8 (pre-paid) SIM in Oz to Vodafone (pre-paid and post-paid)
SIMs in The Netherlands (in September/October 2002). Bloody annoying,
because that is why we had bought the Communic8 SIM, to send and receive
SMS text messages to/from home, because calling is cumbersome because of
the time difference. (My Dutch Vodafone pre-paid SIM worked in Oz, also
for SMS, but the (usage) cost was much higher.)
OTOH, we managed to solve this 'problem' by going bush. No coverage.
Bliss!
Feb 25th 2003 | 11:53 pm
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Re: Verizon Cell phone time syching in Australia
> Verizon phones use CDMA, PCS and analog. The first two are rare outside
> the US. There is no clock-setting on analog networks. So you are saying
> that there are CDMA/PCS networks across Australia and that these will
> tell the phone what time it is, even though the phone is not able to log
> into these networks to make/receive calls. I'm surprised to hear that.
Australia has CDMA and GSM. I'm not sure whether or not the phone can sync
the time from the CDMA network, but the networks do exist.
--Shaun
> the US. There is no clock-setting on analog networks. So you are saying
> that there are CDMA/PCS networks across Australia and that these will
> tell the phone what time it is, even though the phone is not able to log
> into these networks to make/receive calls. I'm surprised to hear that.
Australia has CDMA and GSM. I'm not sure whether or not the phone can sync
the time from the CDMA network, but the networks do exist.
--Shaun
Feb 25th 2003 | 11:56 pm
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Re: Verizon Cell phone time syching in Australia
> That's how it's always worked for me in the UK or roaming. Mainly that's
> roaming in Europe, but I'm sure I've also had it work like that in Oz.
> Perhaps I was on Optus or Vodafone at the time.
Vodafone will ring you by default when you have voicemail - or you can have
it send an SMS.
Optus will send an SMS as with Telstra.
I've been with all three companies since I got a GSM phone in 1997 (analogue
before that), I've never seen what you are describing.
--Shaun
> Jason
> --
> http://www.scuba-addict.co.uk/ for Aussie diving reports including
> Cape Tribulation, Cairns, Airlie Beach, Exmouth and the HMAS Swan
> roaming in Europe, but I'm sure I've also had it work like that in Oz.
> Perhaps I was on Optus or Vodafone at the time.
Vodafone will ring you by default when you have voicemail - or you can have
it send an SMS.
Optus will send an SMS as with Telstra.
I've been with all three companies since I got a GSM phone in 1997 (analogue
before that), I've never seen what you are describing.
--Shaun
> Jason
> --
> http://www.scuba-addict.co.uk/ for Aussie diving reports including
> Cape Tribulation, Cairns, Airlie Beach, Exmouth and the HMAS Swan
