Comments on: Vodafone Bloody Passport doesn’t recognise the USA http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/05/vodafone_bloody_passport_doesnt_recognise_the_usa.html Daily news and opinion for 250,000 industry executives and mobile fanatics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:06:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: martin http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/05/vodafone_bloody_passport_doesnt_recognise_the_usa.html/comment-page-1#comment-241965 martin Mon, 12 May 2008 03:58:14 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=6434#comment-241965 Add the roaming costs to the fact that vodafone wouldn't let me call the US from my mobile and they're becoming an annoying network to use - I never had any of this with tmobile. Add the roaming costs to the fact that vodafone wouldn't let me call the US from my mobile and they're becoming an annoying network to use – I never had any of this with tmobile.

]]> By: martin http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/05/vodafone_bloody_passport_doesnt_recognise_the_usa.html/comment-page-1#comment-241964 martin Mon, 12 May 2008 03:35:47 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=6434#comment-241964 It's £1.30 on O2 pay as you go, £1.30 on orange pay as you go, I happen to have three O2 pay as you go sims and two pay as you go sims from when I've bought handsets, but none from tmobile, how rubbish! Also why so expensive?

]]> By: Ewan http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/05/vodafone_bloody_passport_doesnt_recognise_the_usa.html/comment-page-1#comment-241963 Ewan Mon, 12 May 2008 03:12:03 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=6434#comment-241963 I know Terence, I know it's CDMA vs GSM... but still... surely they could<br>get a good deal on capacity and avoid stuffing Passport users who assume<br>(rightly, I reckon) that the USA is included! I know Terence, I know it's CDMA vs GSM… but still… surely they could
get a good deal on capacity and avoid stuffing Passport users who assume
(rightly, I reckon) that the USA is included!

]]> By: TerenceEden http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/05/vodafone_bloody_passport_doesnt_recognise_the_usa.html/comment-page-1#comment-241962 TerenceEden Mon, 12 May 2008 02:47:24 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=6434#comment-241962 The problem is, while Vodafone owns a huge chunk of Verizon Wireless (something like 45%?) they use CDMA rather than GSM. Basically, no European phone can roam onto their network. Which means that Vodafone customers running a GSM or UMTS phone (i.e. all of them) have to roam onto our competitor networks.<br><br>I'm not sure if there's a regulatory reason why Voda can't do a deal with, say, T-Mobile - I suspect there is - but it's certainly annoying for customers.<br><br>VW have committed to using LTE in the future. So, within a few years if you've got a 4G phone, it should roam onto VW. Not that it helps anyone now. And that's assuming that Voda still has a stake in VW in the glorious future.<br><br>There's a full list of passport countries at <a href="http://www.abroad.vodafone.co.uk/index.cfm?do=cost.passport" rel="nofollow">http://www.abroad.vodafone.co.uk/index.cfm?do=c...</a><br><br>Interestingly, "Newark" is the only place name in the world that's an anagram of.... well... I'll leave that as an exercise for the reader :-) The problem is, while Vodafone owns a huge chunk of Verizon Wireless (something like 45%?) they use CDMA rather than GSM. Basically, no European phone can roam onto their network. Which means that Vodafone customers running a GSM or UMTS phone (i.e. all of them) have to roam onto our competitor networks.

I'm not sure if there's a regulatory reason why Voda can't do a deal with, say, T-Mobile – I suspect there is – but it's certainly annoying for customers.

VW have committed to using LTE in the future. So, within a few years if you've got a 4G phone, it should roam onto VW. Not that it helps anyone now. And that's assuming that Voda still has a stake in VW in the glorious future.

There's a full list of passport countries at http://www.abroad.vodafone.co.uk/index.cfm?do=c...

Interestingly, “Newark” is the only place name in the world that's an anagram of…. well… I'll leave that as an exercise for the reader :-)

]]> By: martin http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/05/vodafone_bloody_passport_doesnt_recognise_the_usa.html/comment-page-1#comment-235012 martin Sun, 11 May 2008 22:58:14 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=6434#comment-235012 Add the roaming costs to the fact that vodafone wouldn't let me call the US from my mobile and they're becoming an annoying network to use - I never had any of this with tmobile. Add the roaming costs to the fact that vodafone wouldn't let me call the US from my mobile and they're becoming an annoying network to use – I never had any of this with tmobile.

]]> By: martin http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/05/vodafone_bloody_passport_doesnt_recognise_the_usa.html/comment-page-1#comment-235011 martin Sun, 11 May 2008 22:35:47 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=6434#comment-235011 It's £1.30 on O2 pay as you go, £1.30 on orange pay as you go, I happen to have three O2 pay as you go sims and two pay as you go sims from when I've bought handsets, but none from tmobile, how rubbish! Also why so expensive?

]]> By: Ewan @ MIR http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/05/vodafone_bloody_passport_doesnt_recognise_the_usa.html/comment-page-1#comment-235010 Ewan @ MIR Sun, 11 May 2008 22:12:03 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=6434#comment-235010 I know Terence, I know it's CDMA vs GSM... but still... surely they could<br>get a good deal on capacity and avoid stuffing Passport users who assume<br>(rightly, I reckon) that the USA is included! I know Terence, I know it's CDMA vs GSM… but still… surely they could
get a good deal on capacity and avoid stuffing Passport users who assume
(rightly, I reckon) that the USA is included!

]]> By: martin http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/05/vodafone_bloody_passport_doesnt_recognise_the_usa.html/comment-page-1#comment-226769 martin Sun, 11 May 2008 21:58:14 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=6434#comment-226769 Add the roaming costs to the fact that vodafone wouldn't let me call the US from my mobile and they're becoming an annoying network to use - I never had any of this with tmobile. Add the roaming costs to the fact that vodafone wouldn't let me call the US from my mobile and they're becoming an annoying network to use – I never had any of this with tmobile.

]]> By: martin http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/05/vodafone_bloody_passport_doesnt_recognise_the_usa.html/comment-page-1#comment-226768 martin Sun, 11 May 2008 21:35:47 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=6434#comment-226768 It's It's

]]> By: smstextnews http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/05/vodafone_bloody_passport_doesnt_recognise_the_usa.html/comment-page-1#comment-226767 smstextnews Sun, 11 May 2008 21:12:03 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=6434#comment-226767 I know Terence, I know it's CDMA vs GSM... but still... surely they could<br>get a good deal on capacity and avoid stuffing Passport users who assume<br>(rightly, I reckon) that the USA is included! I know Terence, I know it's CDMA vs GSM… but still… surely they could
get a good deal on capacity and avoid stuffing Passport users who assume
(rightly, I reckon) that the USA is included!

]]> By: TerenceEden http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/05/vodafone_bloody_passport_doesnt_recognise_the_usa.html/comment-page-1#comment-226766 TerenceEden Sun, 11 May 2008 20:47:24 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=6434#comment-226766 The problem is, while Vodafone owns a huge chunk of Verizon Wireless (something like 45%?) they use CDMA rather than GSM. Basically, no European phone can roam onto their network. Which means that Vodafone customers running a GSM or UMTS phone (i.e. all of them) have to roam onto our competitor networks.<br><br>I'm not sure if there's a regulatory reason why Voda can't do a deal with, say, T-Mobile - I suspect there is - but it's certainly annoying for customers.<br><br>VW have committed to using LTE in the future. So, within a few years if you've got a 4G phone, it should roam onto VW. Not that it helps anyone now. And that's assuming that Voda still has a stake in VW in the glorious future.<br><br>There's a full list of passport countries at <a href="http://www.abroad.vodafone.co.uk/index.cfm?do=cost.passport">http://www.abroad.vodafone.co.uk/index.cfm?do=c...</a><br><br>Interestingly, "Newark" is the only place name in the world that's an anagram of.... well... I'll leave that as an exercise for the reader :-) The problem is, while Vodafone owns a huge chunk of Verizon Wireless (something like 45%?) they use CDMA rather than GSM. Basically, no European phone can roam onto their network. Which means that Vodafone customers running a GSM or UMTS phone (i.e. all of them) have to roam onto our competitor networks.

I'm not sure if there's a regulatory reason why Voda can't do a deal with, say, T-Mobile – I suspect there is – but it's certainly annoying for customers.

VW have committed to using LTE in the future. So, within a few years if you've got a 4G phone, it should roam onto VW. Not that it helps anyone now. And that's assuming that Voda still has a stake in VW in the glorious future.

There's a full list of passport countries at http://www.abroad.vodafone.co.uk/index.cfm?do=c...

Interestingly, “Newark” is the only place name in the world that's an anagram of…. well… I'll leave that as an exercise for the reader :-)

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