<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> <title>CUCC Expedition Handbook: Mobile Phones</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../css/main2.css" /> </head> <body> <h2 id="tophead">CUCC Expedition Handbook</h2> <h1>Mobile Phone Use Guide</h1> <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> <p>We are using the "B-Free" mobile scheme. This 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 card with a scratch-off secret number.</p> <h3>Annual renewal</h3> <p>This has to be done in less than 13 months otherwise it costs a great deal extra (equivalent to starting from scratch). The phone cannot be used in the last month, but renewal is much cheaper than starting from scratch.</p> <h3>Adding credit</h3> <p>If you need to buy more credits for a phone go to the Hartlauer shop opposite Unimarkt/Konsum. Wave the phone and ask for a 'B-free Bon'. </p> <ul> <li>Scratch off the panel at lower right back of card</li> <li>Dial 0800 664290 (if you're lucky someone might have put this in the phone address book)</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 an audio menu and press 2</li> <li>Press No twice to end the call.</li> </ul> <hr /> <ul id="links"> <li><a href="index.htm">Expedition Handbook</a> <ul> <li><a href="survey/index.htm">Surveying guide</a> - Overview</li> <li><a href="look4.htm">Prospecting guide</a> – Overview</li> <li><a href="rescue.htm">Rescue guide</a></li> <li><a href="rigit.htm">Rigging guide</a></li> <li><a href="photo.htm">Photography guide</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="../infodx.htm">Index to info/topics pages</a></li> <li><a href="../indxal.htm">Full Index to area 1623</a> <ul> <li><a href="../areas.htm">Area/subarea descriptions</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="../index.htm">Back to Expedition Intro page</a></li> <li><a href="../../index.htm">Back to CUCC Home page</a></li> </ul> </body> </html>