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Using an Irish phone in America

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  • 22-05-2010 7:27pm
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    sbEdge
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    I will be travelling to Florida next March and was wondering if I will be able to use my Irish Vodafone mobile over there. I have read that only a triband phone will work but I know people who have travelled and they said that they could text but not make calls on their irish phones, Is this the case with all phones?


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    PCPhoto
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    depends on what model your phone is:

    not sure if I have it correct but Ireland/Europe are on 1900/900 ...and USA are on 1800 (frequencies) .... most modern phones will work - reception might be dodgy....I would recommend you buy a sim card when you get over to USA - as international calls/roaming can be expensive.

    might even be cheaper to buy a phone once you get over - all depends on how long you will be staying.

    also .... some phone networks require that you tell them when you are travelling...otherwise they stop/block roaming/international calls.


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    Atlantic Dawn
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    Your phone needs to be tri-band for voice calls in the US, otherwise you can only send and receive texts. Also as was said international roaming needs to be enabled.


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    flutegirl
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    sbEdge wrote: »
    I will be travelling to Florida next March and was wondering if I will be able to use my Irish Vodafone mobile over there. I have read that only a triband phone will work but I know people who have travelled and they said that they could text but not make calls on their irish phones, Is this the case with all phones?

    I used my Irish phone in Florida last summer and I only used it for texting, had to top up twice as it cost a fortune. Go to Walmart and buy a cheap phone to use while you're there, that's what I should've done last year and I will do next trip.


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