Austria Prepaid for a month

[bourbonkiller]

Dear Javalio,

beeing austrian and living over here, I think I can help you at several points.

The cheapest offer you can buy when phoning only within Austria (no calls abroad) would be YESSS which runs on the ONE Network. They charge 6,9 Eurocent per Minute to every Network in Austria (no matter which one). If you are looking for a cheap prepay card for phoneing abroad, have a look at eety (associations with E.T. the movie are most welcome - the name is program) they offer very cheap international calls from the mobile. They also unse ONE Network which has a good coverage.

Another opportunity might be the new prepay package called "Mücke" from Telering. But within the last months since Telering has been taken over by T-Mobile, their own network has been shut off and they now roam on T-Mobile Network (with very low priority level).

If you are looking for email (text to email etc.) you should go for a "Three" in austria called DREI pay as you go. They offer complete box with handset and only run a 3G service. Whenever you loose the 3 reception you can roam on A1 Network free of charge. A1 is austrias premier Network with best coverage. The Simcard is ready to handle that national roaming without any troubles, it's part of an agreement and absolutely free of charge. Calls with the 3 prepay will cost 10 Eurocent a minute to any Network and you will have free access to planet 3, a mobile portal where you can watch TV, read news, send and receive emails for free etc. On top of that, you will earn 6 Eurocent for incoming crossnetwork calls.

For any further question do not hesitate to contact me!

www.yesss.at (may be bought at "Hofer" supermarkets"
www.telering.at
www.eety.at (may be bought at kiosks, see homepage)
www.3reload.at (three store, mobile phone shops, tech-discounts)

[inquisitor]

As you'll surely plan to call home eety is the very best choice for you.

As you can see here (click) calls to the US are charged only € 0,12/min.

If your mates also get an eety SIM card, you will reach each other at € 0,09/min.

Btw incoming calls are NOT charged in Europe, as long as you stay in the country the SIM is from. So if you're being called in Austria - no matter from where - that won't cost you a Cent!

eety is available at e.g. Cosmos, Saturn and Austrian post offices.

In order to use eety you'll need a phone that supports GSM1800.

[Javalio]

Thanks to all three of you for the info.

The info on eety is great, and I think I will use them for calling home.

I might also pick up a 3 phone if it isnt too expensive, to try out the superior European 3g networks. Being American and a phone junkie hurts sometimes .

Danke.

Javalio