Calling Belfast....

beccie

28-05-2003

I live in Swindon and my boyfriend is off to Belfast tonight. Can any body confirm for me that I will able to call him on our mobile (vodafone 3310) in Belfast tonight. Will it be more expensive?

Thanks for any help....

Turv

28-05-2003

I think that Belfast is still in the UK (NI), therefore no roaming charges etc.

You should be OK.

beccie

28-05-2003

BTW I'll be calling from my landline phone....

the spiz

28-05-2003

I'm not sure if that's true, because roaming depends on the networks in place in that part of the country.

If the major 4 do cover Northern Ireland then it will be fine.

The anomaly in the UK are the Channel Islands. Despite Jersey being 01534 and Guernsey being 01481, they have their own mobile networks, thus meaning that a call from landline or mobile to landline is a national call, but a call to a mobile is international roaming

NI is different in that it is a proper part of the UK as opposed to the Channel Islands.

RickyB

28-05-2003

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“Originally posted by the spiz
I'm not sure if that's true, because roaming depends on the networks in place in that part of the country.

If the major 4 do cover Northern Ireland then it will be fine.
”

They do. The costs will be the same as normal.

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The anomaly in the UK are the Channel Islands. Despite Jersey being 01534 and Guernsey being 01481, they have their own mobile networks, thus meaning that a call from landline or mobile to landline is a national call, but a call to a mobile is international roaming
”

If you call a Jersey, Guernsey or IOM Mobile from the UK, you will be charged appropriate mobile rates. If you call a UK mobile which is roaming in any of these places, it will cost you the same as a normal mobile call, but the person you are calling will have to pay roaming charges.

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NI is different in that it is a proper part of the UK as opposed to the Channel Islands. ”

We only got one2one (t-mobile) in NI a couple of years ago, so coverage may be poor in some places - but I think it is poor in many places throughout the UK. We've also got "3" in some areas too.

Tristan_B

28-05-2003

Do they have Orange phones in Northern Ireland? I'd imagine that some people could have a problem with that...

RickyB

28-05-2003

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“Originally posted by Tristan_B
Do they have Orange phones in Northern Ireland? I'd imagine that some people could have a problem with that... ”

Yes we do - we have all the UK Networks. I don't think anyone has a problem with Orange, really. I don't think they used their "The future's bright, the future's Orange" slogan that much though!

beccie

28-05-2003

Thank you all very much for your replies, they have been a great help.

Beccie

hogpog

31-05-2003

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“Originally posted by RickyB
Yes we do - we have all the UK Networks. I don't think anyone has a problem with Orange, really. I don't think they used their "The future's bright, the future's Orange" slogan that much though! ”

new slogan for orange in ireland, "you will you will you will you will you will you will you will choose orange - go on go on go on go on go on go on go on"

kev

31-05-2003

My ex-Flat Mate was from NI and everyone he knew (and himself) were on Orange, as the rest had dire coverage in the Colrain(sp?) area