Need prepaid sim advice while traveling to London, Paris, Monaco, Venice, Rome,Madrid

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Originally Posted by Motel75

Is the L6 you have a triband or a quadband model? Some L6s are quad, but most are triband, which may be a bit of an issue in Europe if the provider you want to use uses the band you don't have. (And which bands does your BlackBerry cover?)

Motel75:

Both models are quad band: GSM 850/900/1800/1900

[dnewman1946]

I will be traveling in France and Spain this September. I have a dual band (900/1800) Samsung SGH-s500 I bought in Indonesia a few years ago, and wanted to know if I can buy a SIM that will work in both France and Spain. Am I better off buying from the US or waiting until I get to Paris?

Thanks.

[fedeprovenza]

don't you like international sims like Travelsim or icq um+? Imho they are cheaper than local sims (above all if you travelling not only in 1 country)

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Originally Posted by fedeprovenza

don't you like international sims like Travelsim or icq um+? Imho they are cheaper than local sims (above all if you travelling not only in 1 country)

I like the rates, but I don't like the delay of the callback when you are dialing an overseas number. Also, with T-Mobile, I'm assured of an instant connection when I direct-dial my son in Canada . At most, we'll only be using our phones to call each other just in case we choose to go our own way (ie. shopping) and for sure only once a day to call Canada and see how things are back home while traveling in Europe.

I also want a standard UK number versus some weird Estonian number.

[f13dfx]

Just like the heading says, I received them today! Popped them in my Motorola L6 and my daughter's Siemens M55 (both are unlocked) and the sim cards are ACTIVE!

I actually even received a text message from a promotional long distance company in the UK, more proof that the sim card is active. All I need to do now is top-up the cards when we arrive at Heathrow!

THANKS to all who replied. Now I am able to give my UK cell phone # out to the shuttles I've arranged along our trip, as well as our relatives who we will be meeting up with.

[f13dfx]

Originally Posted by petkow

Your other options are to just get a normal UK T-Mobile (or other) SIM whilst in London (which cost next to nothing or are even free if you order online in a promo which I think is still on). I mentioned T-Mobile as whilst you are in the UK you can call Canada for a bargain rate of 3p/min via a special 07755 access code. Incoming calls whilst in the UK are also obviously free. When you continue your trip, as all those other destinations are in the EU, you will pay normal Euro-capped tariffs whilst roaming with that. In UK money that reflects as 19p/min incoming and 38p/min outgoing (which will include calls to the other handset as well as back to Canada).

Okay, I went with the UK T-Mobile Sim Cards and I have 2 for my 2 unlocked phones.

Can you explain to me how the 07755 access code works.

Thanks in advance!

[MATHA531]

1. Dial the access number 07755 220 220 (and press send)
2. Dial the full international number followed by the # key

Couldn't be easier....after dialing the number in bold above you will get an explanaton but no need to listen...important thing to call Canada, after dialing the 07755 number above, use the international code 00 followed by 1 followed by the area code followed by the number but most importantly do not press send, rather press #

001 514 555 1212# voila.

[Motel75]

Originally Posted by MATHA531

1. Dial the access number 07755 220 220 (and press send)
2. Dial the full international number followed by the # key

Couldn't be easier....after dialing the number in bold above you will get an explanaton but no need to listen...important thing to call Canada, after dialing the 07755 number above, use the international code 00 followed by 1 followed by the area code followed by the number but most importantly do not press send, rather press #

001 514 555 1212# voila.

Yep, in fact you usually don't need to press the # key, it just speeds things up. (Remember that # is called the hash key in the UK -- "pound" would be a bit confusing -- and that the international prefix is 00 and not 011 as in Canada.)