Go-Sim works as well... But it depends on where you are going and whether there is a single carrier with good (cheap) coverage across these countries. There is lots of overlap, but some carriers fare better.
If you are going to travel in continental Europe, I believe they have laws which make roaming really cheap (UK and Ireland not included). So it could be that any SIM will work. Still, if you are only going to one or two countries, I would stick with using a local SIM and would forward the Canadian cell number to the local DID in these countries via SIP (Toronto Fido DID ---> Toronto SIP DID ---> Euro Cell DID) If you get lots of incoming calls, you can get a Fido forwarding plan for almost nothing ($3 for 2,500 local forwarding minutes). Or you can leave your temporary EU number on your Fido VM message (and I believe you can access the FIDO VM system remotely via a toll-free DID). If you are only looking for data, it may be better to get a data card in Europe (again pretty cheap) and use VoIP... But laptops are so 2006... -----Original Message----- From: Remzi Semsettin Turer [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 7:41 PM To: Jim Van Meggelen; Asterisk Users Group Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] Anybody got advice on how to stay connected while in Europe 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] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
