On Sep 30, 11:32*pm, Basil Jet wrote:

On 2010\09\30 22:02, Mizter T wrote:

On Sep 30, 9:34 pm, *wrote:

I was once surprised to get 14 networks shown on a search from the top
of the ferry, on an old phone with 1800 MHz only. It wouldn't actually
log in to the Dutch ones though.

I shall try and remember to do that next time. ISTR that the network
of the country you're coming from hangs onto you for much of the sea
crossing (putting aside manual selection).

How do you know all of this? My phone just makes calls without giving me
any info about whether foreign networks are visible.

?

All I was saying was that my impression when on Dover-Calais ferries
(maybe other routes too) is that my mobile stayed locked to the
network of the country I had just left (whether the UK or France) for
much of the crossing, before eventually changing over to the network
of the country I was about to arrive in at a point not that far from
the port.

It was a completely unscientific observation, as I have not spent my
time closely observing my mobile when on-board - however on a recent
trip I recall checking it a few times because I think I wanted to make
a couple of calls and perhaps check something on the mobile internet,
all of which were cheaper (or rather included in my deal) if I held on
until my handset latched on to the UK network. I suppose I could have
manually tried to select my UK network, but I don't think anything was
urgent, and I possibly didn't think of that or indeed I was quite
possibly just been curious as to at what point my mobile was going to
switch to the UK network on its own, i.e. without my intervention.