Need advice. Backpacking Europe, Best Prepaid Service Questions.

snaimon · **not easy....... -** 27-03-2007, 01:53

sounds as if most of your call will be WITHIN country. and so many countries. ideally one for every country, but that is going to be too expensive. cannot possibly buy a sim for every country. makes it hard. does not sound as if you EXPECT many inbound calls. not clear from your note whether you will be spending more time in any one or two countries. voda may be an option. calls will probably be short so the voda option may not be as valuable as it seems.

i notice in germany there are several new "roaming" sims on the market (sunsim, che-mobil, tourist mobil, etc.) inbound is 9 cents on many and outbound 39 cents per min + 19 connection. beats united mobile. don't know how that compares to geosim.

http://www.teltarif.de/arch/2007/kw13/s25438.html (in German)

best of luck.

stan

TravlinEurope · 27-03-2007, 02:49

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Originally Posted by snaimon

sounds as if most of your call will be WITHIN country. and so many countries. ideally one for every country, but that is going to be too expensive. cannot possibly buy a sim for every country. makes it hard. does not sound as if you EXPECT many inbound calls. not clear from your note whether you will be spending more time in any one or two countries. voda may be an option. calls will probably be short so the voda option may not be as valuable as it seems.

i notice in germany there are several new "roaming" sims on the market (sunsim, che-mobil, tourist mobil, etc.) inbound is 9 cents on many and outbound 39 cents per min + 19 connection. beats united mobile. don't know how that compares to geosim.

http://www.teltarif.de/arch/2007/kw13/s25438.html (in German)

best of luck.

stan

Well to see all these countries I plan on visiting for about 2 months. The countries I plan on staying the longest duration would be Germany and Italy with about a week and a half to two weeks each. For the most part incoming calls as I have planned it are not a big concern. The phone for the most part is a safety net for me, where I will be calling ahead while on the train to reserve a hostel bed, and do confirmation on open hours for certain sites I want to see.

TravlinEurope · 29-03-2007, 05:36

For these prepaid cell providers such as GeoSim, Will I be able to purchase them from a shop or other venue while in Europe/UK?

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snaimon (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Specialist Posts: 898 Join Date: 17 Mar 2004 Location: Richmond, VA USA Country:	not easy....... - 27-03-2007, 01:53 sounds as if most of your call will be WITHIN country. and so many countries. ideally one for every country, but that is going to be too expensive. cannot possibly buy a sim for every country. makes it hard. does not sound as if you EXPECT many inbound calls. not clear from your note whether you will be spending more time in any one or two countries. voda may be an option. calls will probably be short so the voda option may not be as valuable as it seems. i notice in germany there are several new "roaming" sims on the market (sunsim, che-mobil, tourist mobil, etc.) inbound is 9 cents on many and outbound 39 cents per min + 19 connection. beats united mobile. don't know how that compares to geosim. http://www.teltarif.de/arch/2007/kw13/s25438.html (in German) best of luck. stan Phones: DASH V3 (3) Service: US T-MO post paid (2) - US T-MO prepaid (2) - UM+ - TravelSIM DE SIMYO - DE SUNSIM T-Mobile DE Calling Cards: Onesuite Enjoyprepaid AT&T MCI Mobivox

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TravlinEurope (Offline) Junior Member Newbie Posts: 3 Join Date: 26 Mar 2007 Country:	29-03-2007, 05:36 For these prepaid cell providers such as GeoSim, Will I be able to purchase them from a shop or other venue while in Europe/UK?