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If you get a Vodafone SIM, you can call the US for 5p a minute, and there are other cheap deals available - see PrePaidGSM: United Kingdom. (And if you do decide to get a nice phone rather than a 5 pound throwaway, do get one that's quad band, so you can use it in the USA.) You can even keep your UK SIM active so you can use it on future visits, even years later, by occasionally doing something with it like sending a text message every six months. |
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Is there a difference in reliability/coverage between Vodafone, Orange and T-Mobile? Or are they all about the same? I should have known better than to post late last night after going out shopping for Tents, Backpacks, Sleeping Bags etc. |
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Thanks for the link to the UK Prepaid page. I did check them out and i didnt see 5p for calling the US with Vodafone. It was £ 0.99 for landline and € 1.21 for cell. T-Mobile was 10p pr/minute to both Landlines and Cell. Orange is £ 0.20 - € 0.24 Ill have to look into it more to see what their packages include. The link to the prepaid T-Mobile card that was posted earlier T-Mobile UK Prepaid PAYG SIM Card w/FREE ROAMING & MORE - eBay (item 150425602949 end time May-19-10 14:17:41 PDT) mentions that you can receive calls within the UK for free, and can receive text for free ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD including the US! T-Mobile seems like the way to go and their coverage map appears the same as Orange and Vodafone. Hopefully a few more hours of research and the info i have gotten from the people here, will help with the decision. |
If you want to call home a lot....try one of the mvno's like Lebara, Nomi, Lyca, Vectone i have some spare sims of each of these if you want...will swap 1 for 1...there numbers are already supplied on the sim
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Lebarra as suggested above is 4p/minute to the USA T Mobile UK can be 3p/minute to the USA but you have an extra step to call a firm called yourcall world (see www.yourcallworld.com)...... Orange camel plan is 6p/minute to the USA but as above you can use yourcallworld to make it 3p/minute...... T Mobile UK straight up has a plan you can sign up for 5p/minute to the USA |
nomi its 6p and 11p for texts International Mobile Rates | Cheap Phone Rates
lyca its Lycamobile Plus Tariffs 4p and 4p vectone its 3p with texts at 10p Tariffs - How much do international calls on Vectone cost? |
I'm still hoping vodafone will go mad again this summer and offer free roaming throughout Europe like they did last summer...did they make money on that or did they lose their shirts? Oh well, a fellow can hope, eh.
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Also to add to those international rates from UK SIM's, Three UK now have some impressive tariffs from their prepaid SIMs. You need to just dial a short 3 digit prefix before dialing the international number. USA and Canada is just 3p/min.
See: 3 - Pay As You Go - International calling rates |
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