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<h1>Mobile Phone Use Guide</h1>
<pre><b>
Base camp: 00 43 664 763 0255<br>
Top camp: 00 43 664 582 5229 - incoming calls and texts only. <br>
Top camp: 00 43 664 582 5229 - incoming calls and texts only. This is the number in most people's phonebooks.<br>
Top camp: 00 43 664 871 6782 - what it uses to send texts and make calls (from 2018)
</b>
</pre>
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<p>After the 2016 expo we decided that it would be a good idea to
<a href="http://expo.survex.com/years/2016/rescue_debrief.html">invest in second phone at top camp</a>
which could be used at cave entrances
in the case of a rescue. This has not yet been done.
in the case of a rescue. This has not yet been done (2019).
<p>For some years (including 2018) we have been using the "B-Free" mobile scheme provided by the A1 company.
We get reception even inside the Stone Bridge bivvy.
(In 2011 we tried using another provider which picked up the T-Mobile network,
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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).
It has 2 SIM slots which is really useful when we fail to renew last-years SIM in time and have to buy a new one (2018).
It is charged using a standard microUSB charger.
<p>Bascamp phone is a Nokia phone which requires a Nokia charger to which it is permanently connected in the potato hut.
<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
credit). The phone cannot be used in the last month, but renewal is cheaper
than starting from scratch. "Renewal" is just a matter of buying another &euro;20 credit.</p>
<p>We also need to renew the SIM card used in the cavelink GSM system. This is new in 2019.
<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> ("0 BALANCE" in the contacts list in the phone book). This doesn't actually make a