Visiting Italy and France

ahab · **Visiting Italy and France -** 16-03-2007, 21:43

I've done a lot of research (on the Web and reading here), but I want some opinions as to the best way to go.

My wife and I are going to Europe in May, and we'll be in Italy for for 8 nights and France for the same. I have a (now) unlocked GSM Treo 650, so no problem there. But I'm trying to decide whether it makes more sense to buy SIMs for Italy and France before I go, buy an international SIM beforehand, get one in Italy and use it for the whole trip, get SIMs in Italy and in France, etc.

We're not going to be on the phone all the time, but we will want to talk to our family while we're gone (her parents will actually be in Europe the same time) and I don't want to pay the international roaming rates for Cingular/AT&T).

It would be nice to have some GRPS/EDGE data access as well.

Any suggestions?

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ahab (Offline) Junior Member Newbie Posts: 9 Join Date: 16 Mar 2007 Location: San Francisco, CA Country:	Visiting Italy and France - 16-03-2007, 21:43 I've done a lot of research (on the Web and reading here), but I want some opinions as to the best way to go. My wife and I are going to Europe in May, and we'll be in Italy for for 8 nights and France for the same. I have a (now) unlocked GSM Treo 650, so no problem there. But I'm trying to decide whether it makes more sense to buy SIMs for Italy and France before I go, buy an international SIM beforehand, get one in Italy and use it for the whole trip, get SIMs in Italy and in France, etc. We're not going to be on the phone all the time, but we will want to talk to our family while we're gone (her parents will actually be in Europe the same time) and I don't want to pay the international roaming rates for Cingular/AT&T). It would be nice to have some GRPS/EDGE data access as well. Any suggestions?