Hi there, I am new to this community. I am really excited about the N900 but i just thought about researching about network support before buying it and ended up here.

Im on 3 contract with my N96. I had this issue with 3g coverage, whenever im inside the house the network bar becomes empty, so I thought about changing it to 2g but I could'nt.(since it was a branded phone- just showed DUAL MODE in the network option-Reason i want to buy unlocked phone).So then i De- Branded my phone and flashed it with nokia's firmware.So now I have these options under network mode:
1) Dual mode -(3g & 2g mix)
2) UMTS - (3g)
3) GSM -(2g)

So now i am on GSM and network bar is totally full.You can access planet 3, check your usage and all the other minor bits. The only downside about this is that , whenever I access Planet 3 it says " you cant access the full version of the store".But this is no big issue because you can switch between GSM to UMTS if you want to access full version of planet 3 (TV on Demand etc).

Quoting their terms and conditions, they have said that the sim will be disabled if used in 2g, well i have been using in GSM mode for 8 months now and it never disabled my sim . Do you get what i mean?

http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3...&idPhone1=2917
Secondly i have compared these two phones (N96 & N900) and the 3g and 2g sections show the same figures. So i don't get whats the problem in using 3 sim in N900. The N96 can handle it

Please correct me if I am wrong