Mobile phone for USA visitor

[CivicMan]

Hopefully a simple question! My brother is visiting from the US at the end of the month. I need him to have a mobile phone for his visit, so can I use one of my redundant Orange network Nokias equipped with an Orange pay as you go SIM card, or is it much more complex than that??

[simonrockman]

There shouldn't be any problem with that. If you get it for him in advance he can tell people in the US his number before he leaves.

Simon

[Fidgits]

as long as the Nokia can work with the Orange network (i.e. not locked to Voda or anything) then it'll be fine!

[moleamol]

Fidgits said:

as long as the Nokia can work with the Orange network (i.e. not locked to Voda or anything) then it'll be fine!

It was an Orange phone, I think he will be fine.

[CivicMan]

Most excellent! Thanks all!

[g_attrill]

Just give him strict instructions not to phone home on it under any circumstances, otherwise the credit will be gone in a flash! Those 0844 dial-through numbers might be better, but will still work out expensive.

[SS HSV]

g_attrill said:

Just give him strict instructions not to phone home on it under any circumstances, otherwise the credit will be gone in a flash! Those 0844 dial-through numbers might be better, but will still work out expensive.

Do be VERY carefull with those so-called cheap numbers. I recently called a friend on holiday in Amsterdam and used a number off the internet which claimed to be a 2p per minute number...

I got a bill from my provider for £49 for 25 minutes and since then the company has gone into liquiditation so I cannot go round and cave their face in either

The advert was a scam and I am not normally caught out by them, however this one got me hook telephone line and stinker

Edited by SS HSV on Monday 11th August 17:16

[jeff m]

(I'm in the States)
I always kept a spare "go Phone" that I would give to visitors on their arrival.
The last couple of years they all seem to turn up with "roaming" on their own phones. But "go Phone" is an option if they are not too chatty.
$25 for 3 months or till the minutes run out. If they do, just refill.