[snaimon]

Make sure the phone has 900/1800 (quad-band). Some T-Mo tribands are 850, 1800, 1900 for US. 900 would be better.

Check out the national operators in France and their international SMS rates. We are going for 2 weeks in July-Aug. I have several international cards and don't plan on buying a French SIM. I will be calling.

You might consider calling HER instead or in additional. Find a good calling card. I think she would do better to buy a SIM over there for retail price. They are not expensive. She can text you the phone #.

I hear Fr in bad; toll free #s for calling cards are NOT TOLL FREE for cell phones.

If she will have access to a landline (staying in a hotel or home), then a US calling card is a good choice. Need to check with hotel on outbound toll free calls, however. Should be standard practices, even here. You'd be surprised how many hotels now CHARGE A FEE for using 800 toll free #s.



Stan