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dsd123 · 02-08-2007, 19:01

Honestly given your needs I think I would just buy an international SIM card from a place like Onesimcard.com (that's where I got mine). I go to Italy every few months and basically just have a phone for emergency service and the occasional call. Most of the time I just use phone cards from my hotel room though.

I think this would probably be the easiest thing for you to get because you wouldn't have to worry about buying a couple different cards depending on where you are, and managing them, switching them out all the time, having a bunch of different phone numbers, and adding more minutes to each one seperately. If you get an international SIM card you keep your same number no matter where you are, and you see all your minutes used on the website etc and you know it works before you leave the US so you wouldn't run into any issues with a random SIM card not working. They give you a 1800 number too which only charges you 35 cents a minute for other people to call you so that was nice because my friends always get confused dialing internationally. I'd have them just call me, and then I'd call them back on my hotel phone.

It sounds like you'll use your phone so rarely that even though this may not be the cheapest option, the convenience and reliability would be worth it for you.

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dsd123 (Offline) Junior Member Newbie Posts: 2 Join Date: 01 Aug 2007 Country:	02-08-2007, 19:01 Honestly given your needs I think I would just buy an international SIM card from a place like Onesimcard.com (that's where I got mine). I go to Italy every few months and basically just have a phone for emergency service and the occasional call. Most of the time I just use phone cards from my hotel room though. I think this would probably be the easiest thing for you to get because you wouldn't have to worry about buying a couple different cards depending on where you are, and managing them, switching them out all the time, having a bunch of different phone numbers, and adding more minutes to each one seperately. If you get an international SIM card you keep your same number no matter where you are, and you see all your minutes used on the website etc and you know it works before you leave the US so you wouldn't run into any issues with a random SIM card not working. They give you a 1800 number too which only charges you 35 cents a minute for other people to call you so that was nice because my friends always get confused dialing internationally. I'd have them just call me, and then I'd call them back on my hotel phone. It sounds like you'll use your phone so rarely that even though this may not be the cheapest option, the convenience and reliability would be worth it for you.