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#10
Originally Posted by Bruce View Post
The N900 supports

Optimized for WCDMA 900/1700/2100
Quad-band EGSM 850/900/1800/1900

# GPRS class A, multislot class 32, maximum speed up to 107/64.2 kbps (DL/UL)
# EDGE class A, multislot class 32, maximum speed up to 296/177.6 kbps (DL/UL)
# WCDMA 900/1700/2100. Maximum speed PS up to 384/384 kbps (DL/UL)
# HSPA, maximum speed up to 10 Mbps (DL), 2 Mbps (UL)

As long as your provider is operating a GSM service on 850, 900, 1800 or 1900 mhz frequencies you should be able to use the N900 with EDGE and GPRS.
This might be an stupid question, so please bear with me. Are there HSPA bands?
I live in Mexico and hence are limited to these 2 GSM carriers http://gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/cou_mx.shtml
I'm currently a "movistar" subscriber, all the technical information they publish about their network is that it is "GSM 1900", commercially they say they have "3.5G". I currently own the N800 that I connect to the Internet using EDGE from my SonyEricsson K750 via Bluetooth.
In case I can talk myself and Santa Claus into getting the N900.
What kind of speed would I get if I put my current SIM card on an unlocked N900?
I hope my post don't confuse you and you could provide some insight into this doubt that's keeping me awake at night