Mobile to Mobile charges?

[petkow]

Originally Posted by supersnoop

Most SIM's seem to offer free incoming calls...

All do here in Europe.

...but calling a mobile is 2 or 3 times the initial quoted rate for airtime.

What do you mean? There is a cent per minute charge that is quoted for calling a mobile. That is the charge. You should not pay more. So I'm a bit confused by what you are saying...have you got any examples of the 2-300% price increase you can share?

Many networks and MVNO's in Europe offer free on-network calls, or where you only pay a connection charge and you can talk for a fixed period, say 1hr. It would be a good idea to start a thread where these sort of offers are listed. (e.g. Simyo, Yoigo, and pretty much all the smaller MVNO's in Spain have this). However you are not going to Spain, and I am unsure of the MVNO deals in countries that you are visiting, but it may be worth checking a few sites. All the links are here on the site. Just follow them through. Also somebody from one of these countries is also bound to reply here.

There is plenty of information on this site about how to get cheap data tariffs for your mobile devices. Just look in the relevant boards.