International or National SIM?

andy · 08-07-2009, 18:32

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Originally Posted by jhanlon

One of the OP's factors that has not been mentioned is "reasonable rates to call the US." If the SIM that you choose has free incoming calls, then your best bet for calls to the US is probably a call-back service like Callback World, which is the one that I use.

Some German SIMs, such as Solomo Pro and Fonic, have rates of 9 cents a minute to USA, cheaper than Callbackworld and almost all callback providers

9eor9 · 23-08-2009, 13:50

If you'd like to use your (or one of your SIMs) SIM for long duration calls to the US and other countries I can recommend you

CallYa OpenEnd Talk&SMS ? Prepaid-Wiki

This is a Vodafone CallYa Prepaid tariff called CallYa Open End Talk&SMS which will be charged with 29€ct per call to german landline.

The CallYa SIMs are very cheap now as they usually come with a simlocked mobile. You may find even offers for 1€ with 10€ balance.

With this method you call DialNow | Cheap International Calls and any further minute to the US will cost you an additional €0,5ct.

For data (9€ct/min) this card is not as cheap as others (i.e.blau.de) which are 24€ct/MB

Detailed info on German prepaid offers you'll find on Prepaid-Wiki

For international use I like my airBalticcard | About airBalticcard Mobile (no data!).

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9eor9 (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 223 Join Date: 10 Apr 2009 Country:	23-08-2009, 13:50 If you'd like to use your (or one of your SIMs) SIM for long duration calls to the US and other countries I can recommend you CallYa OpenEnd Talk&SMS ? Prepaid-Wiki This is a Vodafone CallYa Prepaid tariff called CallYa Open End Talk&SMS which will be charged with 29€ct *per call* to german landline. The CallYa SIMs are very cheap now as they usually come with a simlocked mobile. You may find even offers for 1€ with 10€ balance. With this method you call DialNow \| Cheap International Calls and any further minute to the US will cost you an additional €0,5ct. For data (9€ct/min) this card is not as cheap as others (i.e.blau.de) which are 24€ct/MB Detailed info on German prepaid offers you'll find on Prepaid-Wiki For international use I like my airBalticcard \| About airBalticcard Mobile (no data!).