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US cell phone reception in Urals?

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CAjules
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Joined: 12 Dec 2007
Posts: 51
Location: California

Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 8:16 am Post subject: US cell phone reception in Urals?

I'd heard some time ago that it was really difficult to use cell phones in Russia as not every cell phone provider is there, but is it still difficult to use cellphones in the Urals area??

vox16
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Joined: 14 Apr 2010
Posts: 5

Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 5:22 pm Post subject: Re: US cell phone reception in Urals?

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CAjules wrote:

I'd heard some time ago that it was really difficult to use cell phones in Russia as not every cell phone provider is there, but is it still difficult to use cellphones in the Urals area??

First, you need a 900/1800 model. Major carriers like MST, beeline and Megafon have a reasonable coverage around inhabited places over here, but in the middle of nowhere ( like on village even with population of 100 nearby ) there can be none.
like this
http://www.mts.ru/mts/sverdlovsk/

CAjules
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Joined: 12 Dec 2007
Posts: 51
Location: California

Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 9:51 pm Post subject: Re: US cell phone reception in Urals?

First, you need a 900/1800 model. Major carriers like MST, beeline and Megafon have a reasonable coverage around inhabited places over here, but in the middle of nowhere ( like on village even with population of 100 nearby ) there can be none. like this http://www.mts.ru/mts/sverdlovsk/[/quote] ahh, thanks!!

Soundbrigade
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Joined: 25 Dec 2007
Posts: 50
Location: Sweden

Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 10:05 pm Post subject:

Where in the Ural mountains?? I used my latest model cell phone, but bought a Bee-line cash card. The funntý thing was that I had to show a Russian passport in order to get the card. Oh, forgot - this was in Ufa, Bashkiria.

tr14
Just Starting

Joined: 04 Feb 2008
Posts: 2

Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 1:26 am Post subject:

hi, I used T-Mobil 4 band cell phone in Novosibirsk. Great connection but so expensive ($5 min). So I signed contract with cheap Russian МТС GSM.

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