3g Service in Hong Kong/Taiwan
 

Hi all,

I did a search and nothing came up in this or the vacation sub threads, so I figured I'd ask it here since it's phone-related.

I'm heading down to HK/Taiwan in 2 weeks (for a month), and I had a couple of questions about prepaid (data+voice) plans.

For those of you who have traveled (or travel frequently) to Hong Kong/Taiwan, what sort of options do I have if I want 3g coverage there.

From what I understand, the 3g bands here and there are incompatible, meaning that I'll only get 2g on my unlocked Captivate.

Is my only option to buy a cheap phone down there? Basically I'd like to have 3g to have GMaps available to me, and to have a personal hot spot for my laptop in the hotel.

(On a side note, which prepaid provider do you guys suggest? I hear a lot of chatter about 3 and their plans, but aside from that I don't know anything)

Thanks in advance for your help everyone!

go to 3HK
your phone will work

Seconded. Service in either place is waaaaaaaaaay better than what crap we have here.

Sorry but I need to ask for clarification-

Will 3g data from 3HK work on my North American Captivate? I'm aware that voice/2g works down there, but I was mostly interested in getting 3g there. I did a search for bands and apparently HK uses 2100 for 3g, which isn't used for Robellus here.

HK uses 2100 and sometimes 1900 for 3g
Your phone has 2100mhz UTMS band

remember that if you need to cancel your 3 HK plan to leave some time to do it. retail at airport will direct u to phone in to cancel, which apparently takes a long time.

unless its changed..last time i was there, 3HK had prepaid data..