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Join Date: 17 Mar 2004
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Silly question.... WHY do you need data ON YOUR PHONE? I know that is very convenient and nice to have. Is it for business or pleasure? There are other solutions: 1. Take a laptop (don't know how you are connecting or will connect in each country); I never did this. 2. Use internet cafes Last time I was in Europe (did not have laptop but had MDA wizard) I experienced the following: 1. Hotel in Germany had a T-Mobile wifi hot spot; only available if you had a German T-Mobile account. At least so it appeared to me. 2. Hotel/resort on Malta had a PRIVATE wifi network. In other words access was provided by a 3rd party and you paid them for access. They had PCs in the lobby and those were much easier to use than the phone. 3. Other small hotel in Germany had nothing. 4. Internet cafes are plentiful in most towns. I cannot speak to the specifics of data on your phone in the countries you mention. SIMYO in Germany has just lowered their data rates and I already have a SIMYO SIM card. I am heading back to Germany mid-July. If you know the hotels (places) where you are staying, you might want to check in advance what kind of data access they provide and what conditions they offer for data access. Regarding call forwarding to a UM card, you might want to determine what that is going to cost PER MINUTE. Costs to +423 663 numbers may be quite exhorbitant and I am not sure you will be willing to pay. You might do better just to let everything go to your VZW voicemail and then access that from Europe using a calling card or otherwise. That is what I did last time; I checked both work and home voicemail from either my cell or the landline phone in the hotel. Have a great trip. Stan 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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Join Date: 14 Dec 2004
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![]() Another solution would be to either rent or purchase a global phone with data capabilities from Verizon and you could keep your phone number overseas. There are such things as dual standard phones (including some smart phones with keyboards) that can work both in the USA on the Verizon network and outside the USA on GSM networks. Cost would be higher for data and voice than Stan's excellent suggestions, but if you need the convenience and your business is willing to finance this for a quick and reliable solution it might be worth considering.
Verizon's solution: http://aboutus.vzw.com/international...utside_us.html Sim Cards: T-Mobile (Mint), AT&T (Mifi device or Kindle), Koko Satphone: InMarSat Broadband US Wireless Data: AT&T postpaid, Sprint (Karma Mobility prepaid) Broadband International Data: SkyRoam VOIP: Skype |
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Chris Thailand: truemove (phone+sms+wifi) International: xxSim+372, toggle +44/+49/+41/+31 Phones: Huawei Mate7, Huawei P9 |
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![]() I don't travel much for business, but I do travel. Usually in US in major markets (Wash DC, Philadelphia), hotels offer FREE WIFI or ethernet access WITH YOUR STAY @ the hotel. Thus a phone or laptop can be easily used. An amenity and a must for the business traveller.
My point was that, in the very limited locations I mentioned in my post, free WIFI access as we experience it here in the US, is not very common in Europe. TRUE, I was not staying at the HILTON. The time before we were also in Versailles FR and the hotel had computers in the lobby, but, again, you had to pay for access. I did not have a phone with me and I cannot imagine they offered FREE WIFI. Did not see a sign nor were we told of the service. As an aside, I don't frequent Starbucks or other such shops, but I believe many such establishments in US, including bookstores, offer FREE WIFI acccess. I was in a cafe-bar in Duesseldorf (? - I really can't remember, but that is the most likely place) and they also offered internet access in the basement FOR A PRICE, of course, on their computers. Stan 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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