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Join Date: 05 May 2007
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![]() We will be on a river cruise ship going from Hungary, through Austria, Germany, and ending in Netherlands.
I am thinking, for ease of use for my in-laws, I might go to the T-Mobile store and get a "global" roaming Prepaid phone from them with a US number. That way, my in-laws can call to a US number. It looks like the cost would be $0.99/minute. Rather steep, but the convenience of it all might just be worth it (and the high cost might possibly keep the "talk" to a minimum ![]() |
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Prepaid Specialist
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Join Date: 17 Mar 2004
Location: Richmond, VA USA
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Sorry to disappoint you, but I don't think T-Mobile prepaid has a global roaming service/option. That is contract only unless it is brand new on prepaid. I keep up with these things and there has been talk and speculation that they would allow this, but I have seen nothing about it actually happening. The latest is since about the 1st of the year that prepaid will now roam in Canada and Mexico only. I am hoping some of the Europeans will chime in. Vodaphone (UK) has a "passport" (Reiseversprechen in German) program. It does a connection fee of 75 eurocents for up to 60 minutes when roaming. If you bought a German SIM and could activate it IN ADVANCE from the US, your inbound calls would be free to you while you were in Germany. There is a VODA in Hungary, which seems to be your first stop. As before, however, your in-laws would be paying a fairly high rate to call your cell phone. And you would be paying to receive calls apart from when you were in the "home" country. I do not know if you can complete such a transaction while in the states. Good luck. 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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Posts: 1,465
Join Date: 27 Feb 2004
Location: Mississippi, USA
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