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petkow · 16-10-2009, 17:49

There are easy options for picking up cheap "data ready" local SIMs at least in Italy and Greece. This is if you intend to do quite a bit of browsing and want to drop the price per MB significantly compared to what you pay on roaming with your home carrier. Otherwise if you just buy one SIM at your first port of call, lets say Italy, then it is likely that data roaming with it in Greece (and maybe Malta) will be cheaper than with your AT&T. At least for voice and SMS it will be much cheaper, as both countries have to adhere to the EU price caps.

However, I am less sure about what cheap data options are available on local prepaid SIMs in Egypt and Malta.

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petkow (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Pioneer Posts: 696 Join Date: 01 Aug 2006 Location: Madrid Country:	16-10-2009, 17:49 There are easy options for picking up cheap "data ready" local SIMs at least in Italy and Greece. This is if you intend to do quite a bit of browsing and want to drop the price per MB significantly compared to what you pay on roaming with your home carrier. Otherwise if you just buy one SIM at your first port of call, lets say Italy, then it is likely that data roaming with it in Greece (and maybe Malta) will be cheaper than with your AT&T. At least for voice and SMS it will be much cheaper, as both countries have to adhere to the EU price caps. However, I am less sure about what cheap data options are available on local prepaid SIMs in Egypt and Malta.