OK Guys,

I know I'm a dinosaur from the dark ages, and waaay behind the times on
communications stuff - but would someone tell me what the devil an LG
is, and what unlocked means? And XP3 and some other stuff?? Sounds
interesting, but I'm lost. I have an old basic Samsung that I hate, it's
falling apart and I must get something soon - and I'm currently tied to
AT&T which I despise and hope to change soon - but I know almost nothing
about the new stuff. Would you mind enlightening me just a bit here.

Off list would be appreciated.

Thanks.

John

On 12/14/2012 9:57 PM, Alistair Bell wrote:
> I bought mine second hand. Really just a basic dumb phone but tough, and being a clumsy clod, I need that. Can take a meter underwater and a lot of knocks. Thanks for the speakout tip, if i ever get an iPad for logging rad navigation, I'll remember that tip.
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> cheers
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> alistair
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> On 2012-12-14, at 4:17 PM, neil n wrote:
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>> Just the other day, I was perusing the Sonim on line. Tough but pricey?
>>
>> I have a SpeakOut (7-11) SIM in an unlocked LG. Works fine, but it
>> uses Edge network (2G) for data. But. That data plan is only $10/month
>> "unlimited".
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>> Neil.
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>> On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 12:56 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
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>>> Both 7-11 and Petrocanada offer a prepaid sim card service for unlocked phone. Card about 20 bucks, buy time as you need it, no contract. Pretty well same coverage as the big carriers. I'm using it on a  Sonim XP3 (grrr rugged!) and it is working out fine.
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>>> alistair
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>>> On 2012-12-14, at 12:25 PM, neil n wrote:
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>>>> Not sure if Rogers et al up offer a prepaid monthly plan or similar,
>>>> but wouldn't that, and a new SIM card be obtainable w/o a Canadian
>>>> address?  (hopefully I'm not misunderstanding how the tech works)
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>> --
>> Neil n
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