[BTM] Traveling with a world phone

[Daniel Mao]

Prepaid or loaded cards are available just about everywhere in asia, 
including taiwan, hk, china, singapore, etc.  and the rates for local 
calls are extremely reasonable.  for some long distance, if you know 
the right access number, it's not bad either


On Feb 19, 2004, at 6:04 PM, Mark O'Brien wrote:

> On 2/19/04 5:32 PM, "Rob Parker" <Rob at ParkerDigital.net> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> You have the same phone as me, from the same source, so I know it's
> unlocked. Just buy a pre-pay SIM and pop it in. They come with a 
> certain
> amount of credit, or "load", and you can replenish that when it's drawn
> down.
>
> I've done this in Spain and in the Philippines. Exact procedures will 
> depend
> on where you're going and which carrier you choose. In Spain, I bought 
> the
> prepay SIM (which included about $30US of "load") at a department 
> store for
> around $50US, but any tobacco store or supermarket seemed to carry
> scratch-off replenishment cards - just dial a number and enter the code
> beneath the scratch off section. I know some of the UK carriers have a 
> way
> for you to dial a number and charge the replenishment to a credit card.
>
> In the Philippines, you can get a "load" for as little as 30 pesos 
> (around
> 50 cents US), which is good for 30 text messages or one 3 minute 
> outbound
> call. As you can imagine, texting is very popular there at those 
> prices.
> Inbound calls are free for the cell phone user everywhere but North 
> America
> (the caller pays a higher toll to call cell phones, which have unique 
> area
> codes or prefixes so the caller knows he'll be charged more).
>
> I didn't try to use GPRS overseas, so I don't know how that works.
>
> Mark
>
>
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