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MATHA531 · **Report on Europe Trip -** 02-07-2009, 01:37

My annual June trip to Europe is complete and I'm back home in the USA. Some interesting thoughts...

1. I wound up relying exclusively on vodafone's roaming summer bargain....it worked well. Whether I can count on it again in the future is problematic. I do wonder how they're doing and whether they're doing well enough to extend it indefinitely. Haven't heard anything one way or the other.

2. Now here's the interesting part. As I left the Gatwick Express at Victoria, there was a stand set up giving away free Lebara sim cards, no hassle or anything but they did require a £5 top up. Same thing happend when I got off Eurostar at St. Pancreas on my return from Paris....there were a couple of people giving away free Lebara sim cards. Easiest thing in the world.

3. Yesterday (Tuesday 30/06), I was walking down Oxford Street and as I passed the T Mobile store, there was somebody outside handing out free sim cards (no top up necessary). Of course as we have noted, T Mobile's biggest advantage is the ability to use Your Call World to make cheap international card.

It was also rumoured in the papers that Vodafone is negotiating to buy out T Mobile UK.

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MATHA531 (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Specialist Posts: 869 Join Date: 15 Oct 2004 Country:	Report on Europe Trip - 02-07-2009, 01:37 My annual June trip to Europe is complete and I'm back home in the USA. Some interesting thoughts... 1. I wound up relying exclusively on vodafone's roaming summer bargain....it worked well. Whether I can count on it again in the future is problematic. I do wonder how they're doing and whether they're doing well enough to extend it indefinitely. Haven't heard anything one way or the other. 2. Now here's the interesting part. As I left the Gatwick Express at Victoria, there was a stand set up giving away free Lebara sim cards, no hassle or anything but they did require a £5 top up. Same thing happend when I got off Eurostar at St. Pancreas on my return from Paris....there were a couple of people giving away free Lebara sim cards. Easiest thing in the world. 3. Yesterday (Tuesday 30/06), I was walking down Oxford Street and as I passed the T Mobile store, there was somebody outside handing out free sim cards (no top up necessary). Of course as we have noted, T Mobile's biggest advantage is the ability to use Your Call World to make cheap international card. It was also rumoured in the papers that Vodafone is negotiating to buy out T Mobile UK.