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Stu · 01-07-2011, 14:51

I interpret the TMobile add to require you to have their unlimited talk and text plan. Once you purchase that, you get unlimited to Italian landlines and to text Italy on top of that.

Truphone is $0.15 a minute in the US for both calls to the US and Italian landlines. Mobiles are $0.35. Texts are $0.15 to both the US and Italy. You can probably beat the price, but the SIM will work when you return to Italy which might be nice to wrap up any unfinished business. Data is $0.15 a meg.

One consideration that you haven't mentioned is whether you are getting data or carry a smart phone. If you have some data, many calling card services now offer dialers that work very efficiently and will connect you through their service almost seamlessly. It is also much cheaper to send text messages to foreign phones with these services than through your regular carrier.

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Stu (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Guru Posts: 1,091 Join Date: 11 Feb 2004 Location: Detroit (formerly Dubai) Country:	01-07-2011, 14:51 I interpret the TMobile add to require you to have their unlimited talk and text plan. Once you purchase that, you get unlimited to Italian landlines and to text Italy on top of that. Truphone is $0.15 a minute in the US for both calls to the US and Italian landlines. Mobiles are $0.35. Texts are $0.15 to both the US and Italy. You can probably beat the price, but the SIM will work when you return to Italy which might be nice to wrap up any unfinished business. Data is $0.15 a meg. One consideration that you haven't mentioned is whether you are getting data or carry a smart phone. If you have some data, many calling card services now offer dialers that work very efficiently and will connect you through their service almost seamlessly. It is also much cheaper to send text messages to foreign phones with these services than through your regular carrier.