Jim, I have used United-Mobile (united-mobile.com) and those guys are the best for the buck, both for data and voice. In many European countries, the incoming calls are nearly free (there is 0.19 E setup charge, nothing per minute) and their data rates are 1.29 E/Mb (compared to Fido's $30/Mb, it is like 15 times cheaper). Outgoing calls are cheap too. I know many of the upper level execs there as well, they are great people (we met at Mobile World Congress last year and CTIA as well).
Highly recommended. You can pay via credit card or Paypal. And you can keep the SIM active by using it at least once every 9 months, so you don't have to order a new SIM every time you travel. And here is the bonus, their data rate to US is also 1.29 E/Mb (in Canada their roaming rate is higher, so if you test it, be careful). On 26/02/09 7:31 PM, "Jim Van Meggelen" <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry if this is a bit OT, but I'm going to Europe for a week in May, > and I'll be in several countries. > > I bought an unlocked Nokia E71 phone, so I figure it'll handle whatever > is out there, but if I try and use my Fido SIM card while overseas I > will pay in ways that I don't want to think about (I've heard plenty of > horror stories about massive roaming charges, and even more for data). > > I've been trying to figure out if I can get a Vodafone card or something > that'll allow me to get data when I'm out and about (I've gotten hooked > on using Google maps with the GPS in my E71). A little experiment just > now showed that the data I'd consume, at the rate Fido charges, would > end up costing me potloads of money for very little actual data (they > charge $0.03 per kb, which adds up really fast. > > Anybody have any experience or advice to offer? > > Much obliged, > > Jim --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
