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| Kitty Panza wrote:
> On the topic of international calls - is there any huge difference in
> cost between just using my Cingular vs doing a pay-as-you-go phone plan
> in Europe?
A big difference.
You should check out "http://www.prepaidgsm.net/" for more options in
each country. This is really the best site for information on your options.
International SIM cards with free (for you) incoming calls can be found at:
"http://www.telestial.com/view_product.php?PRODUCT_ID=MSIM-EX01" or
"http://www.telestial.com/view_product.php?PRODUCT_ID=MSIM-MB01".
I'd use this service to have a single phone number for free incoming
calls, but I'd probably use a calling card in the county you're in for
outgoing calls, rather than pay around 60 cents/minute. It's a
Luxembourg phone number.
The least expensive method for pay-as-you-go in Europe involves a
separate SIM card for each country, since one SIM card that works all
over Europe will be expensive. The downside of that is that you have a
different phone number in each country, but you could sign up for a U.S
number at Stanaphone.com for $4.95 per month, and then set up forwarding
to your GSM phone in Europe. In this way you could get a country
specific SIM card in each country, but your phone number in the U.S.
would stay the same. This would avoid your callers having to dial a
Luxembourg phone number as used by the international SIM cards. However
you'd have to log on to stanaphone to change the forwarding number
whenever you changed SIM cards. And of course, you'd be paying for all
the international charges from stanaphone, rather than your caller
paying to call a mobile phone.
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