friends&family by vistream (interesting for roaming)
 

Hello,
another vistream brand is running in germany which has very nice roaming rates. The zones structure is compareable with sunsim and che-mobil but the rates are lower. You can buy the card for 20 Euro including the full 20 Euro of initial credit.

http://friends.vistream.de

Rates in germany:
landlines: 10ct/min
own net: 15ct/min
other networks: 20ct/min
SMS 15ct
GPRS 4,9 Euro/MB (100k-increments)

Roaming:

from and to Zone 1, 2 and 3: 39ct/min
incoming calls Zone 1, 2 and 3: 19ct/min.

Starting zones: http://friends.vistream.de/Documents/Startlaender.pdf

landing zones: http://friends.vistream.de/Documents/Ziellaender.pdf


This might be interesting for some travellers.

It's great!

Incoming calls @ 0.19 ct in Chad, JAPAN, Lybia, Syria, Sudan, COSTA RICA, Congo, FIJI, Ethiopia, CHILE etc. etc. etc. ..... :eek:

Thanks very much for this, it looks very appealing. My German is very poor so could you confirm that I've understood the roaming rates correctly? For example am I correct in saying that I would pay only €0.39 per minute to call UK from France and €0.19 per minute to receive?

Also could you find out how those of us not based in Germany could buy one of these and top-up etc?

Many thanks.

Yes, correct.
But please note that many mobile destinations (also UK mobile) are put in zone 5 which will cost 99ct/min -- so only the landline rates are cheap mostly.

I'll try to find out if and how you can order without a german adress.

Chris

It seems that you need a German address......

Ah right - I had not spotted that but it's still interesting.

Danke.

Yes. You need a german postal adress to get the card delivered.

Recharge can be made either via bank transfer to a german account or by credit card (on the hotline or automatic recharge if the balance drops between a defined value).

Chris