Andrei Neculau

…trying not to become a man of success, but rather a man of value. (Albert E.)

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Tele2 starts to be 2Penny

15 Sep 2008 By Andrei Neculau Filed under Dudes, Junk, Review, Support, Why Sequenced 33/35 in Induction at KTH Kista

If you cannot SMS your foreign friends from your Tele2 number.. just read the following.

WTF??

Hej och välkommen till Tele2! Du pratar med Ida Jnsson. Vad kan jag hjälpa till med?

16:30

Hej. I have a Snackis subscription, but when trying to SMS a non-Swedish number, my message doesn’t reach the recipient.

16:30

I can call to that foreign number though. Is there something wrong, or is it that I need to activate something?

16:32

Whats you name?

16:32

The subscription is on the name of -

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Tags: mobile, orange, phone, romania, sms, sweden, tele2

New Nokia?

5 Aug 2008 By Andrei Neculau Filed under Education, Hope, Review Sequenced 5/35 in Induction at KTH Kista

Years ago, I was an Ericsson fan. Cheaper than Nokia, and a lot more user-friendly. Then it came the era of 256 colors screens, and then Sony came as well.. and blue it all together.

So for 5 years, I’ve been having a Nokia 3510i. I really didn’t need anything more, and the battery (original one) is still amazing. I’m charging the phone only once a week or so, after changing the call specs to lower quality. Brilliant! For my few calls and SMS, and for my need of an alarm clock and calendar/agenda.. 100% ok! Ohh, I forgot the Queen ringtone

But a new network operator “demands” a new phone, right?

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Tags: download, ericsson, feat, gps, mobile, mp3, nokia, phone, radio, sony, wifi

Tele2/Comviq

4 Aug 2008 By Andrei Neculau Filed under Education, How To, Review Sequenced 3/35 in Induction at KTH Kista

Yesterday, Trevor and I were looking at mobile-communication monthly plans. We’ll need a mobile phone while studying in Sweden, but while taking your own phone there is not a problem, getting the best plan the suites you… is.

It’s really not that easy choosing one.

Fortunately, considering the prices (in 2008), only Comviq is at the low base. Telia is up high (in prices, network coverage and market share) and Telenor has basically the same network coverage as Comviq, small market share (so most of your calls will be outbound) and middle-prices between Telia and Comviq.

So, basically the question is “Which Comviq plan?”

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