I am leaving at the end of this month to travel in Indochina. So, to prepare, I began looking into the phone networks that might be
available there and I found an interesting coverage map.
I will be visiting Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia and was glad to see there is extensive cellphone network coverage throughout the area. Everywhere, that is, except for Laos. What's up with that? It is just simply off the map. I don't know if this is due to incomparable networks, or what, but I think this calls for more investigation. When I look it up, there seem to be four carriers available, so that's a positive sign.
Humm, let's see - I'll try Lao Telecom:
(Not much help here)
No, wait, there's a link to an English version. let's see what comes up:
(I think I have an opportunity to vote for Miss Laos - 2012?)
To cover my bets, I just arranged with AT&T to "unlock" my new phone, so I can buy local sim cards when I travel, but four countries means four different networks to negotiate. I suspect that other countries may be just as opaque to deal with so I may just rely on hotel wi-fi to upload travel posts to the blog.
Seriously, it's easy for me to poke fun at a country's cell service, but the amazing thing is that there is coverage nearly everywhere there are people, if you have the patience to investigate.
Humm, let's see - I'll try Lao Telecom:(Not much help here)
No, wait, there's a link to an English version. let's see what comes up:
(I think I have an opportunity to vote for Miss Laos - 2012?)
A little further down the page there is a list of helpful links; almost all of them "Coming Soon".
To cover my bets, I just arranged with AT&T to "unlock" my new phone, so I can buy local sim cards when I travel, but four countries means four different networks to negotiate. I suspect that other countries may be just as opaque to deal with so I may just rely on hotel wi-fi to upload travel posts to the blog.
Seriously, it's easy for me to poke fun at a country's cell service, but the amazing thing is that there is coverage nearly everywhere there are people, if you have the patience to investigate.
Interesting. Maybe that's why most people know so little about Laos: No one's calling from Laos to tell us what's up. Thank goodness for the Dr. Siri mysteries! BTW, who'd you vote for?
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