[BNM] international roaming rates - best mobile contract/phone?

[Karim Ahmed]

sim4travel do a clever card that calls you back for free then routes
the rest of the call over the internet( or something like that) See
http://www.sim4travel.com/

On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 5:38 PM, Chris Billett <chris at chrisbillett.net> wrote:
> Captain Kirk never seemed to have this problem.
>
> I have o2 International Traveller package but still costs about a
> fiver to pick up a voicemail. It cannot cost them that.
>
> On 4 Sep 2008, at 17:00, "Simon Early" <simon.early at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> nah.
>> need to make/receive calls wherever I am in the world.
>> For example, next month i am in Berlin, UK, Spain and LA. November
>> is pretty
>> similar (France and Russia as well). so really need pan-Euopean
>> deal. (dont
>> get excited, it's all easyjet /travel inns/airport sandwiches and
>> public
>> transport)
>>
>> I am so conscious of the price of calls that I often only make calls
>> when I
>> am near WiFi hotspots on my PDA using Skype (cheap bastard!), which
>> has
>> caused problems. I answer calls with "international mobile to mobile
>> calls
>> are costing us both a fortune. spit it out and be quick!"
>> not exactly what I had in mind, but I cant get a SPanish contract
>> (have one
>> already - 100+ Euros a month) that cuts it or UK onethat gives cheapy
>> overseas calls. Got a UK sim too, but thats fiddly - no-one knows
>> where I am
>> and I dont want to be hot-swapping SIMs
>>
>>
>> keep suggestions coming!
>> s./
>>
>> 2008/9/4 Jonathan Hirsch <jon at hirschworks.com>
>>
>>> Hi Simon,
>>>
>>> Not sure what their call charges are like, but if you do a lot of
>>> texting overseas, O2 might be worth a look - they do a 'one text to/
>>> from abroad counts as four from your inclusive allowance' deal
>>> (though they don't seem to shout about it - I think you have to ask).
>>> AFAIK they're the only ones to do that (though if anyone knows
>>> otherwise, I'd be interested to know). Might offset some of the call
>>> costs, perhaps?
>>>
>>> HTH,
>>>
>>> Jon
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