Re: Wow, this is complicated!

[Tom N]

Kevin Nugent wrote:

> I have a favour to ask. I have a friend that's travelling through
> Tanzania, South Africa and Kenya in a few weeks for a few weeks. He
> has a o2 xda II and wishes to be access email whilst there.
>
> What's his best option? Yahoo or Hotmail? - but how does he get GPRS
> access in Africa? He's currently with Telstra (lives in Cairns).
>
> Any ideas? Would Telstra have an option? Cost isn't really an issue
> for him.

Plenty of internet cafes.

[Peter]

"Tom N" <me (AT) privacy (DOT) net> wrote in message
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> Kevin Nugent wrote:
>
> > I have a favour to ask. I have a friend that's travelling through
> > Tanzania, South Africa and Kenya in a few weeks for a few weeks. He
> > has a o2 xda II and wishes to be access email whilst there.
> >
> > What's his best option? Yahoo or Hotmail? - but how does he get GPRS
> > access in Africa? He's currently with Telstra (lives in Cairns).
> >
> > Any ideas? Would Telstra have an option? Cost isn't really an issue
> > for him.
>
> Plenty of internet cafes.

Satphone any good for data?