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Old Jun 18, 2005 | 9:03 am
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Originally Posted by ScottC
Quadband is useless when it comes to international roaming, as there are virtually no networks outside NA that use the GSM850 band. The rest of the civilized world uses GSM900/1800.
Well some of us roam TO the US. I bought my V600 in France specifically to take advantage of the 850 in the US.

And several Latin American countries have 850 or are planning to switch to 850. Ecuador for instance is only 850. Or are those places not civilized?
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