[TriLUG] FOSS/Linux phones

[Douglas A. Whitfield]

According to GSM World 850 is working in the US:
http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/cou_us.shtml

I've read previously that AT&T and FreeRunner would work and though I'd
still like to see the SIM card slot in the FreeRunner before I purchase,
I've been told they have one of those too.

On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 9:02 AM, Chess Griffin <chess at chessgriffin.com>
wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 11:53 PM, Tarus Balog <tarus at opennms.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Jul 3, 2008, at 11:27 PM, Douglas A. Whitfield wrote:
> >
> >> What carriers?  I'm very interested in this!
> >
> >
> > It looks like any GSM carrier will work. Just stick your SIM card into
> > the phone and voila.
> >
> > -T
> >
>
> Since the 850 band Freerunners are the only ones available, does
> anyone know if the 850 will work on Cingular/AT&T here in Raleigh?  I
> think so -- I believe the US uses the 850 GSM band -- but just wanted
> to check before shelling out $400... :-)