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Old December 11th, 2008, 10:10 PM posted to rec.travel.usa-canada,rec.travel.australia+nz
Bert Hyman
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Default Report from the US, a nice but somewhat backward country.

In .home.nl Frank
Slootweg wrote:

5. Americans don't quite grasp what the 'G' in GSM stands for.

They apparently think it means 'the whole world except us', so they
use a different, incompatible frequency.


Most likely due to regulatory issues or already-occupied spectrum.

Nothing personal.

Quad-band phones are easy to come by, but 3G adds a new incompatibility.

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Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN