LOWEST rates for travel to Europe?

CrunchDude · **LOWEST rates for travel to Europe? -** 07-09-2007, 07:48

I'm going to Europe (UK, Italy, Switzerland, and Greece) with my unlocked 8525. I know about prepaidgsm.net and telcan. Are those the lowest rates I can get away with?

Which local SIM do the fellow travelers amongst you recommend? I used Vodafone before. Besides that, I can get T-Mobile and O2, if I'm not mistaken. Are there any others?

So basically I'd like to know which pre-paid SIM to go with, and secondly, which forwarding service.

I'd also be interested in finding out if there's a completely different method that I am unaware of. It blows that European cell's are so much more expensive for forwarding calls to than landlines. Is there any way to circumvent that?

Thanks for your advice.

Effendi · 07-09-2007, 08:49

On this website you can find a lot of information:
- National Operators, i.e. local cards (choose the country you are interested with)
- International Operators, i.e. 1 simcard for all countries

Then you can find a lot of "experts" here on the forum, expecially for forwarding issues. Consider that in Europe you don't pay for receiving calls so calling a mobile from landline is usually quite expensive.

CrunchDude · 11-09-2007, 02:18

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Originally Posted by Effendi

On this website you can find a lot of information:
- National Operators, i.e. local cards (choose the country you are interested with)
- International Operators, i.e. 1 simcard for all countries

Then you can find a lot of "experts" here on the forum, expecially for forwarding issues. Consider that in Europe you don't pay for receiving calls so calling a mobile from landline is usually quite expensive.

Exactly. I know telcan.net is a good way, but expensive. 21-25c/min for forwarding. I am now IN Germany. What's the best way to go about this? Thank you everybody!

snaimon · **Forwarding to EU mobiles.... -** 14-09-2007, 15:10

I am not familiar with forwarding services. HOWEVER, I think you are going to find that the 21 - 25 US cent range is about the going rate for calls forwarded to EU mobile phones. That is the usual calling rate, to EU mobiles although I have seen rates in the 15 cents range on a very few calling cards.

Good luck.

Stan

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CrunchDude (Offline) Junior Member Newbie Posts: 3 Join Date: 07 Sep 2007 Location: Los Angeles, CA Country:	LOWEST rates for travel to Europe? - 07-09-2007, 07:48 I'm going to Europe (UK, Italy, Switzerland, and Greece) with my unlocked 8525. I know about prepaidgsm.net and telcan. Are those the lowest rates I can get away with? Which local SIM do the fellow travelers amongst you recommend? I used Vodafone before. Besides that, I can get T-Mobile and O2, if I'm not mistaken. Are there any others? So basically I'd like to know which pre-paid SIM to go with, and secondly, which forwarding service. I'd also be interested in finding out if there's a completely different method that I am unaware of. It blows that European cell's are so much more expensive for forwarding calls to than landlines. Is there any way to circumvent that? Thanks for your advice.

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Effendi (Offline) The great Dictator! Prepaid Prophet Posts: 2,487 Join Date: 13 Jan 2004 Location: Trieste/Trst Country:	07-09-2007, 08:49 On this website you can find a lot of information: - National Operators, i.e. local cards (choose the country you are interested with) - International Operators, i.e. 1 simcard for all countries Then you can find a lot of "experts" here on the forum, expecially for forwarding issues. Consider that in Europe you don't pay for receiving calls so calling a mobile from landline is usually quite expensive. Working Prepaids: IT: Wind, Vodafone IT, UNO Mobile; SM: Prima; UK: 3, Virgin; INT: TravelSIM, Truphone. Deceased Prepaids: CZ: Oskar, Eurotel; SK: Orange; DE: E-Plus, Aldi, Simyo; GE: Geocell; AM: Armentel; PL: Heyah, Plus; LT: Tele2; LV: Amigo; EE: Elisa; UA: Kyivstar; NZ: Vodafone; INT: UM, UM+, ICQSim. GSM/3G Phones: Nokia Lumia 630 dual sim

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snaimon (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Specialist Posts: 898 Join Date: 17 Mar 2004 Location: Richmond, VA USA Country:	Forwarding to EU mobiles.... - 14-09-2007, 15:10 I am not familiar with forwarding services. HOWEVER, I think you are going to find that the 21 - 25 US cent range is about the going rate for calls forwarded to EU mobile phones. That is the usual calling rate, to EU mobiles although I have seen rates in the 15 cents range on a very few calling cards. Good luck. Stan Phones: DASH V3 (3) 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