I've used them in a couple countries, New Zealand and China. Yes, they are just as expensive for international calls but local calls are much cheaper. And that's what I will be using them for. Spending 2 weeks in the US working I will need to use my phone and won't always have Skype. Most of the calls will be to US numbers so if I have a US SIM it will be great. Ditto for the week in Austria.
I've used Telestial in the past for getting foreign SIM Cards and they do list some US ones: http://www.telestial.com On Jan 10, 2008 4:35 PM, Ben Ruset <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Be careful with pre-paid SIM's. When I was in Aruba, admittedly this was > in 2003, I was seeing US$1/min rates with them. > > I don't think I've seen a pre-paid SIM in the USA. > > > Brian Weeden wrote: > > I'm going to be spending the better part of a month traveling in the > > US for 2 weeks and then Austia for a week. Right now I have a > > Canadian cell phone. So I plan on getting prepaid SIM cards for the > > US and Austria so I don't have to pay roaming charges. But this > > introduces the problem of letting people know my new numbers. Instead > > of spamming my new numbers to all my contacts I'm looking for a more > > elegant solution. > > > > One way would be to record a voicemail greeting on my Canadian cell > > saying that I'm traveling and list my new number. But I think there > > could be a better solution. My dream solution would be to have calls > > made to my Canadian cell number automatically routed to whatever > > prepaid card number I am currently using. Since I am going to be > > taking the Canadian SIM out of the phone to swap in the prepaid it > > needs to work without the actual phone being on. > > > > I've heard a lot about GrandCentral and was wondering if anyone on the > > list had experience with it: > > > > http://www.grandcentral.com > > > > Can anyone think of another way to solve my little dilemma? > > > > ------- > > Brian > > >
