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| Thread ID: 126555 | 2012-09-04 11:51:00 | Pocket WiFi Locked to Provider? | John Calvert (16516) | Press F1 |
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| 1298865 | 2012-09-04 11:51:00 | Hi All I see that 2degrees has stopped selling the pocket wifi device, but Telecom and Vodafone still do. Does anyone happen to know for sure whether either/both of the available units are locked to their respective companies' networks or whether you can just put your SIM in them and use a different provider? |
John Calvert (16516) | ||
| 1298866 | 2012-09-04 12:05:00 | Do you have links to the products? | stratex5 (16685) | ||
| 1298867 | 2012-09-04 21:13:00 | As far as I know no NZ service providers lock their products. You would be limited by the Radio frequencies used by the device. Telecom uses 850Mhz WCDMA (3G) whilst vodafone and 2d freq. Can't remember what it is. Try Ebay, they might have something that fits the bill. Most of telecom's hardware is ZTE so maybe something like this? www.ebay.com |
The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1298868 | 2012-09-04 21:16:00 | They're not 'locked' as such, the Vodafone one should be OK (although it was an earlier model I've tested, not the current R205), so it's possible they've changed things. | inphinity (7274) | ||
| 1298869 | 2012-09-04 21:43:00 | 2D still has USB modems on their website, and I bought one just over a month ago in Nelson | gary67 (56) | ||
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