phones update

handbook/phone.htm

@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
 <h1>Mobile Phone Use Guide</h1>
 <pre><b>
 Base camp: 00 43 664 763 0255<br>
-Top camp:  00 43 664 582 5229 - pending. Arriving Staudnwirt 16th July 2018.
+Top camp:  00 43 664 582 5229 - incoming calls and texts only. <br>
+Top camp:  00 43 664 871 6782 - what it uses to send texts and make calls (from 2018) 
 </b>
 </pre>
 <p>After many years of using complicated radio systems of varying degrees of complication and reliability, we have finally settled on a foolproof method for communicating callouts from top camp to base camp: mobile phones. Cheap Austrian pay-as-you-go mobiles have sufficiently good reception on the plateau for sending SMS messages, and even occasionally for conversation.</p>
@@ -17,6 +18,12 @@ Top camp:  00 43 664 582 5229 - pending. Arriving Staudnwirt 16th July 2018.
 (In 2011 we tried using another provider which picked up the T-Mobile network, 
 however the reception was not as good as B-Free.)
 <p>B-Free&nbsp;has an annual renewal of the SIM which gets you the phone number and connection (plus some credit). More credit comes in the form of a receipt with a printed code or a card with a scratch-off secret number.</p>
+<h3>Robust phone<img src="t/ruggear-p860-explorer-02-th.jpg" align="right" margin="5px"></h3>
+ We use "feature phones" with real buttons not smartphones with touch sensitive screens. 
+The top camp phone is particularly robust Russian 
+<a href="https://www.gsmchoice.com/en/catalogue/ruggear/p860explorer/gallery/">
+"RugGear explorer p860"</a> with yellow plastic case and rubber grips, a talk time of 10 hours, and a stand-by time of 18 days. 
+It has 2 SIM slots whcih is really useful when we fail to renew last-years SIM in time and have to buy a new one (2018).
 <h3>Annual renewal</h3>
 <p>This has to be done in less than 13 months otherwise it costs a more as you
 essentially have to start from scratch (~&euro;10 for a new SIM with &euro5 of
@@ -24,7 +31,7 @@ credit). The phone cannot be used in the last month, but renewal is cheaper
 than starting from scratch.</p>
 <h3>Checking credit</h3>
 <p>The simplest way (which doesn't require understanding a number read out to
-you in German) is to dial <b>*101#</b>.  This doesn't actually make a
+you in German) is to dial <b>*101#</b> ("0 BALANCE" in the contacts list in the phone book).  This doesn't actually make a
 call but results in you getting an SMS-like message containing the balance
 details.  There's no charge for this.</p>
 <h3>Adding credit</h3>
@@ -33,19 +40,21 @@ details.  There's no charge for this.</p>
 We used to be able to get this form the supermarket, but no longer (2018).
 They'll give you a printed receipt with the code to key in.  See
 below for how to use it.</p>
-<p>(Other options we've used were:
+<p>Other options we've used were:
 <ul>
 <li>go to the Hartlauer shop (on right of road to railway station, not far
 beyond the post office).  Wave the phone and ask for a 'B-free Bon'.</li>
 </ul>
-<p>You should be given a aufladecode, which may require scratching off a panel at lower right back of card) 
+<p>You should be given an "aufladecode", which may require scratching off a panel at lower right back of card) 
 or just a long "till-receipt" strip with AUFLADEWERT: EUR 20.00 at the top. </p>
 <ul>
-<li>Dial <b>0800 664290</b> (if you're lucky someone might have put this in the phone address book possible under the name "Check balance")</li>
+<li>Dial <b>0800 664290</b> (if you're lucky someone might have put this in the phone address book 
+possibly under the name "0 ADD CREDIT" or "_ ADD CREDIT")</li>
 <li>Listen to an audio menu and Press 2 (to select something)</li>
 <li>Then type in number on the scratch panel, followed by #</li>
-<li>Listen to the number read back to you, and press 2 to confirm code is correct.</li>
-<li>Press No  (red key) twice to end the call.</li>
+<li>Listen to the number read back to you (in German), and press 2 to confirm code is correct.</li>
+<li>Press "No"  (red key) twice to end the call.</li>
+<li>Check the balance on the phone has been increased by calling <b>*101#</b> (or "0 BALANCE")
 <li>This is all confirmed as working correctly in 2018.
 </ul>
 <h3>Tips and Tricks</h3>
@@ -54,6 +63,9 @@ or just a long "till-receipt" strip with AUFLADEWERT: EUR 20.00 at the top. </p>
 particular spot to check messages, try dialling the balance request
 number (<b>*101#</b>) once there - this usually seems to trigger delivery of any
 pending SMS messages.</li>
+<li> Commonly used numbers are put at the top of the phone book in each phone 
+by prefixing the name with "0 " or "_", e.g. "0 ADD CREDIT", "0 BALANCE", "0 BASE CAMP" etc.
+
 </ul>
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