I'm not too concerned about phoning home(it's a vacation, after all!), but it would be handy to make some local calls and try out my Australian GPS navigation app. I assume they have wi-fi hot spots for email. On Jan 12, 2010, at 11:51 AM, Gerhard Kuhn wrote: > When my phone was unlocked the tethering would not work, that may have > been a T-Mobile thing. The other thing was that I had to enter the > data servers manually into the phone, another 5 minute research > project. > > American cell plans are much better value than our for $65 I got 500 > any time to any U.S. Number, unlimited data, free evenings and > weekends nationwide. Calls to Canada are charged 30 cents a minute and > deducted from $5 credit that is included in the $65. We used those up > pretty quick so I set up a Skype to go number which allows you call a > U.S. number and then dial the Canadian number all charged at skype > rates which in my case is free because I subscribe to the $3 a month > unlimited North America plan but if you don't have plan it is still > only 2 or 3 cents a minute. > > Gerhard Wayne Dobson pwdobson@xxxxxxxxxx (519) 474-1253 res. (519) 860-2725 cell --- Manage your account options at //www.freelists.org/list/muglo