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EllasDevil · 16-04-2006, 09:54

OK, my personal suggestion would be to get a Vodafone SIM card.

If you decide to get a Vodafone sim card from the UK, they are very cheap. Before leaving the UK, call 5555 from it and activate Vodafone passport.

If your usage isn't going to be all that heavy or if it's important to have the same number than this isn't a bad idea.

To use Vodafone passport, you need to make sure your roaming on a Vodafone network which are vodafone UK (UK), vodafone GR (Greece), vodafone IT (Italia), vodafone ES (Spain) and SFR (France).

If you buy the SIM card in UK, it means calls recieved in the UK are free. Each call recieved while you are not in the UK will be subject to a flat charge of 75p. You'll then be able to talk for an hour without incuring charges. Outgoing calls have a flat charge of 75p applied plus the cost of the call (although this charge will be the same as if you were making the call from inside the UK)

If you're going to be recieving a lot of incoming. Why not get a Vodafone UK sim card and a Vodafone Greece one.

If you arrive in Athens Eleftherios Venizelos airport, you can buy a Vodafone Greece sim card at a store called Germanos.

Again, before you leave Greece, simply call 1333 and add Vodafone passport. I believe when the message talks to you, you need to press 2 to activate et voila (the recorded voice will be in Greek). With VF GR, any calls you recieve when overseas have a fee of 1? charged and again, you can chat freely for up to one hour, outgoing calls are charged at normal rates as if called from inside Greece with a 1? fee added per call. Incoming calls recieved in Greece are free.

For balance, call 1252 (the first time you call, select option 3 then option 2 to put all the automated menus to English)

Also diall ##002# from both sim cards to remove the voicemail (voicemail deposit can be expensive when overseas)

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EllasDevil (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Fan Posts: 147 Join Date: 05 May 2004 Location: Greece Country:	16-04-2006, 09:54 OK, my personal suggestion would be to get a Vodafone SIM card. If you decide to get a Vodafone sim card from the UK, they are very cheap. Before leaving the UK, call 5555 from it and activate Vodafone passport. If your usage isn't going to be all that heavy or if it's important to have the same number than this isn't a bad idea. To use Vodafone passport, you need to make sure your roaming on a Vodafone network which are vodafone UK (UK), vodafone GR (Greece), vodafone IT (Italia), vodafone ES (Spain) and SFR (France). If you buy the SIM card in UK, it means calls recieved in the UK are free. Each call recieved while you are not in the UK will be subject to a flat charge of 75p. You'll then be able to talk for an hour without incuring charges. Outgoing calls have a flat charge of 75p applied plus the cost of the call (although this charge will be the same as if you were making the call from inside the UK) If you're going to be recieving a lot of incoming. Why not get a Vodafone UK sim card and a Vodafone Greece one. If you arrive in Athens Eleftherios Venizelos airport, you can buy a Vodafone Greece sim card at a store called Germanos. Again, before you leave Greece, simply call 1333 and add Vodafone passport. I believe when the message talks to you, you need to press 2 to activate et voila (the recorded voice will be in Greek). With VF GR, any calls you recieve when overseas have a fee of 1? charged and again, you can chat freely for up to one hour, outgoing calls are charged at normal rates as if called from inside Greece with a 1? fee added per call. Incoming calls recieved in Greece are free. For balance, call 1252 (the first time you call, select option 3 then option 2 to put all the automated menus to English) Also diall ##002# from both sim cards to remove the voicemail (voicemail deposit can be expensive when overseas)