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Re: My experience using TP2 outside the US (Thailand mostly)
Good info. I'm going to India for few weeks hopefully phone works.
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Re: My experience using TP2 outside the US (Thailand mostly)
I am now in Malaysia. I was in Singapore and Japan on transit.
When I arrived in Narita, I turn on my Sprint TP2 and I got a txt msg and it got instruction on how to call USA and it is $2 a min. It pick up the time correctly. When I arrived in Singapore, I went to the currency exhange counter and got me a Starhub $15 prepaid SIM card and the incoming/outgoing call, txt msg and internet work. I got it to work on my wmwifirouter too. I am in Malaysia now, everything works as the same as in Singapore. I use Digi prepaid. Rate is RM.012 per minute after you hit RM1. Unlimited internet is RM5 per day on you cellphone which I tether using Wmwifirouter and it works. Keep in mind for wmwifirouter and email to work, you may have to pick the correct connection setting. For Digi, they have 4 settings for SMS, MMS, Internet and forgot the other one. I think for Sprint it just says "Internet". I disable the thing where it auto put a "1" when you dial a 10 digit # as they use 10 # number here too. For GPS lock, it takes a few minutes to lock on to it. And the GPS signal goes in and out. Is it because of spotty GPS coverage in this part of the world? Yah, since TP2 can only handle EDGE, hence this is what I am getting also. I went to speedtest to test and download is avg 220 kbps and upload is 100+ kbps. Got any questions, just ask me. Last edited by chong67; 12-14-2009 at 11:21 AM. |
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Re: My experience using TP2 outside the US (Thailand mostly)
Thats good news!!
I was wondering if anyone used thier Sprint TP2 to place calls from the London Area? If so, How are the call quality And data speeds? Thanks! |
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Re: My experience using TP2 outside the US (Thailand mostly)
This is false, the TP2 can handle HSPA just fine, it is not just locked into EDGE. This week I did a bandwidth speed test on HSPA in Germany and I had 3.5Mb down and 2Mb up. Supported video chatting when tethered.
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Re: My experience using TP2 outside the US (Thailand mostly)
You're telling me! I thought I was doing great getting the speeds I was getting on EVDO in the states..... this just blew my mind!
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Thanks, very informative. Should prove to be useful for my trip to Asia early next year!
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Re: My experience using TP2 outside the US (Thailand mostly)
To corroborate others regarding HSPA, I am also using HSPA in Germany. I'm using a prepaid service called Tchibo (uses O2's network). They have a flat rate $20 a month for HSPA data, and 15c a minute to other mobiles. Or, you can get a 100min pack for $10, and unlimited tchibo-tchibo for $5, which is what I added. The funny thing is that it's way faster than my hotel wifi internet... during peak usage I can't get more than 500kbps with my hotel wifi, but tethered to my tp2 I get at least 1Mbps, sometimes over 2. Also, GPS works great... get a lock in 30 seconds or less in either google maps or IGO.
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Re: My experience using TP2 outside the US (Thailand mostly)
for those using hspa, i thought hspa could attain speeds that were extremely high like 10mbps or faster, is this true if you decided to upgrade your sim card?
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