[BTM] Traveling with a world phone

[Peter Loron]

Yep, just as long as your phone isn't locked to a provider, then you 
just get a local pre-paid SIM and pop it in.

-Pete

Rob Parker wrote:

> Yeah, the whole phone just reeks of coolness. Now I'm wondering how I 
> can make best use of this phone when I travel overseas. I guess I can 
> just buy a prepaid SIM for the region that I'm visiting and essentially 
> have a local phone, no?
> 
> T-Mobile's overseas calling plan - while a bit steep when roaming 
> internationally - is always an emergency option, but I think I'd prefer 
> local access on another SIM if possible, since I'd probably be calling 
> local numbers for reservations and information rather than calling back 
> home. I'm just wondering how that would work. Anyone else here tried 
> that? I know that in most parts of the world they have different rate 
> structures for phone and internet usage that we do. Could get confusing.
> 
> Rob Parker