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From: rousseau on 13 Jun 2010 04:01 I plan on a short trip to France on my own, and am trying to work out the cheapest way of keeping in contact with home. I could get my partner to use Telediscount (or similar) to call me in my hotel, but when I'm away from there is there any way of avoiding the usual roaming charges? R
From: Graham. on 13 Jun 2010 05:50 "rousseau" <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:87jhisFc1tU1(a)mid.individual.net... >I plan on a short trip to France on my own, and am trying to work out the > cheapest way of keeping in contact with home. I could get my partner to use > Telediscount (or similar) to call me in my hotel, but when I'm away from > there is there any way of avoiding the usual roaming charges? > > R My usual advice for most countries is to take an unlocked handset and buy a local SIM card, that way you won't be paying for incoming calls. Then your partner rings you on your new French number the cheapest way she can, perhaps smartvoip.com at 5 pence/min. -- Graham. %Profound_observation%
From: rousseau on 13 Jun 2010 07:38 Graham. wrote: > > > "rousseau" <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote in message > news:87jhisFc1tU1(a)mid.individual.net... >>I plan on a short trip to France on my own, and am trying to work out the >> cheapest way of keeping in contact with home. I could get my partner to >> use Telediscount (or similar) to call me in my hotel, but when I'm away >> from there is there any way of avoiding the usual roaming charges? >> >> R > > My usual advice for most countries is to take an unlocked handset and buy > a local SIM card, that way you won't be paying for incoming calls. > > Then your partner rings you on your new French number the cheapest way she > can, perhaps smartvoip.com at 5 pence/min. Thanks, I'll look at that (though I have an Orange SIM on the Camel rate she could use). I'd forgotten about getting a local SIM, though it was a bit of a pain getting one last time in France as I had to show driving licence and it took ages to complete the form (in a FT shop), unless you know of a simpler alternative? Chris
From: Petert on 13 Jun 2010 07:40 On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 12:38:16 +0100, rousseau <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >Graham. wrote: > >> >> >> "rousseau" <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote in message >> news:87jhisFc1tU1(a)mid.individual.net... >>>I plan on a short trip to France on my own, and am trying to work out the >>> cheapest way of keeping in contact with home. I could get my partner to >>> use Telediscount (or similar) to call me in my hotel, but when I'm away >>> from there is there any way of avoiding the usual roaming charges? >>> >>> R >> >> My usual advice for most countries is to take an unlocked handset and buy >> a local SIM card, that way you won't be paying for incoming calls. >> >> Then your partner rings you on your new French number the cheapest way she >> can, perhaps smartvoip.com at 5 pence/min. > >Thanks, I'll look at that (though I have an Orange SIM on the Camel rate she >could use). I'd forgotten about getting a local SIM, though it was a bit of >a pain getting one last time in France as I had to show driving licence and >it took ages to complete the form (in a FT shop), unless you know of a >simpler alternative? eBay? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/French-SIM-Card-Carte-Bouygues-Telecom-ACTIVE-France-/180517283003?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Mobile_Home_Phones_Other_Phones_ET&hash=item2a07ab24bb -- Cheers Peter
From: JL on 13 Jun 2010 08:34
On 13 June, 12:40, Petert <peter.tho...(a)brightchro.me.uk> wrote: > On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 12:38:16 +0100, rousseau <inva...(a)invalid.invalid> > wrote: > > > > > > >Graham. wrote: > > >> "rousseau" <inva...(a)invalid.invalid> wrote in message > >>news:87jhisFc1tU1(a)mid.individual.net... > >>>I plan on a short trip to France on my own, and am trying to work out the > >>> cheapest way of keeping in contact with home. I could get my partner to > >>> use Telediscount (or similar) to call me in my hotel, but when I'm away > >>> from there is there any way of avoiding the usual roaming charges? > > >>> R > > >> My usual advice for most countries is to take an unlocked handset and buy > >> a local SIM card, that way you won't be paying for incoming calls. > > >> Then your partner rings you on your new French number the cheapest way she > >> can, perhaps smartvoip.com at 5 pence/min. > > >Thanks, I'll look at that (though I have an Orange SIM on the Camel rate she > >could use). I'd forgotten about getting a local SIM, though it was a bit of > >a pain getting one last time in France as I had to show driving licence and > >it took ages to complete the form (in a FT shop), unless you know of a > >simpler alternative? > > eBay? > > http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/French-SIM-Card-Carte-Bouygues-Telecom-ACTIVE-F... > -- > Cheers > > Peter- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - Although still paying roaming charges, Vodafone passport is a worthy contender. You can add it to PAYG SIM, which you can order free on the Vodafone website. Answering a call will cost 75p for up to an hour per call so although not the cheapest it's simple. The person calling you can use inclusive mins etc. https://www.v-store.co.uk/index.cfm?go=checkout.freesims |