Blah. I guess we won't be texting while she's here, then.
How irritating. Ya know, if it's easy to use the tech in the third world, it shouldn't be this hard here.
Well, personally, I kind of want to slay the dragon.
Angel ,'Not Fade Away'
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§ ita § - Aug 09, 2007 9:31:42 am PDT #8513 of 9843
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
esse - Aug 09, 2007 11:28:30 am PDT #8514 of 9843
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
This is what I'm saying, seriously.
Volans - Aug 09, 2007 11:41:36 am PDT #8515 of 9843
move out and draw fire
Cellphones in the US suck beyond all reason.
Well, this answers one of my two cellphone questions - I was thinking that I could stick a local SIM card in my phone from Greece, like you do, but no one could tell me where to get a SIM in the US.
Also, as far as I can tell, there's no way to call an international number using a US cellphone.
Cass - Aug 09, 2007 11:43:44 am PDT #8516 of 9843
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I've done the international from a US cell. Actually international and to a ship in Greece, if that makes a difference. But it was a long time ago and I don't remember much more than it was fantastically expensive and maybe not the best interpersonal idea I have ever had.
meara - Aug 09, 2007 11:47:54 am PDT #8517 of 9843
I've called Canada....which doesn't require extra numbers, but does COST extra...
§ ita § - Aug 09, 2007 12:02:51 pm PDT #8518 of 9843
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Also, as far as I can tell, there's no way to call an international number using a US cellphone.
I could call Jamaica and the UK and I think Russia and Kenya--but certainly the first two--from my Cingular phone.
And you can get a SIM card with a contract (that's what I intend to do--buy an unlocked phone and just sign up with T-Mobile and get their SIM).
esse - Aug 09, 2007 3:35:14 pm PDT #8519 of 9843
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
You can totally call international from a US cell. The only trick is to use the plus sign with the country code and then the number. So a UK number would be +44 873 4752 or something. (In the UK and Ireland you have to drop the 0 at the beginning of numbers, I don't know if that's true for Greece.)
ita, I thought you might be able to get a SIM with a contract, but I thought you were asking about pay as you go's.
§ ita § - Aug 09, 2007 6:42:18 pm PDT #8520 of 9843
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I thought you were asking about pay as you go's.
I was. Raq didn't think you could get a SIM in the US, though, and I wanted to correct that.
Nilly - Aug 10, 2007 3:58:07 am PDT #8521 of 9843
Swouncing
Sorry to interrupt the cell phone talk, but I just wanted to post that according to Jim "If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me" Aug 14, 2005 11:53:06 pm PDT , today is Clara's birthday.
Happy second birthday, big girl! I hope you're all healthy now, too. And, of course, happy day to Fiona and your big brother and all your family.
Fiona - Aug 10, 2007 8:52:35 am PDT #8522 of 9843
Thank you, Nilly! She had a lovely (though very wet) birthday. I posted some pictures in Natter.