Need prepaid sim advice while traveling to London, Paris, Monaco, Venice, Rome,Madrid

[f13dfx]

Originally Posted by Motel75

Is the L6 you have a triband or a quadband model? Some L6s are quad, but most are triband, which may be a bit of an issue in Europe if the provider you want to use uses the band you don't have. (And which bands does your BlackBerry cover?)

Motel75:

Both models are quad band: GSM 850/900/1800/1900

[dnewman1946]

I will be traveling in France and Spain this September. I have a dual band (900/1800) Samsung SGH-s500 I bought in Indonesia a few years ago, and wanted to know if I can buy a SIM that will work in both France and Spain. Am I better off buying from the US or waiting until I get to Paris?

Thanks.

[fedeprovenza]

don't you like international sims like Travelsim or icq um+? Imho they are cheaper than local sims (above all if you travelling not only in 1 country)

[f13dfx]

Originally Posted by fedeprovenza

don't you like international sims like Travelsim or icq um+? Imho they are cheaper than local sims (above all if you travelling not only in 1 country)

I like the rates, but I don't like the delay of the callback when you are dialing an overseas number. Also, with T-Mobile, I'm assured of an instant connection when I direct-dial my son in Canada . At most, we'll only be using our phones to call each other just in case we choose to go our own way (ie. shopping) and for sure only once a day to call Canada and see how things are back home while traveling in Europe.

I also want a standard UK number versus some weird Estonian number.

[MATHA531]

1. Dial the access number 07755 220 220 (and press send)
2. Dial the full international number followed by the # key

Couldn't be easier....after dialing the number in bold above you will get an explanaton but no need to listen...important thing to call Canada, after dialing the 07755 number above, use the international code 00 followed by 1 followed by the area code followed by the number but most importantly do not press send, rather press #

001 514 555 1212# voila.

[Motel75]

Originally Posted by MATHA531

1. Dial the access number 07755 220 220 (and press send)
2. Dial the full international number followed by the # key

Couldn't be easier....after dialing the number in bold above you will get an explanaton but no need to listen...important thing to call Canada, after dialing the 07755 number above, use the international code 00 followed by 1 followed by the area code followed by the number but most importantly do not press send, rather press #

001 514 555 1212# voila.

Yep, in fact you usually don't need to press the # key, it just speeds things up. (Remember that # is called the hash key in the UK -- "pound" would be a bit confusing -- and that the international prefix is 00 and not 011 as in Canada.)