Germany-france-switzerland - How To Get Coverage?

katzen · 31-05-2006, 15:32

My husband and I will be traveling in Germany, Switzerland and France this summer. I currently have a Cingular phone (company phone) that does not have International capabilities. I am looking into getting an upgrade to a quad phone (900/1800) ..... or do I even need to get a phone with 900/1800? I've been reading on Fodors as well as this great site as to how to go about having cell phone coveage while in Europe and it's very confusing to me. We don't need to be on the phone daily (i.e. for work). Our purpose for having the phone is to keep in touch with family back home ... touch base and in case of emergencies. We are hopping from hotel to hotel so we won't be staying in 1 place the whole time. I've read about using different sim cards, international phone cards, pre-paid phone cards from Sams club and I'm overwhelmed. Can anyone point me in a very direct, easy direction? I'd appreciate any help I could get. :wacko:

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katzen (Offline) Junior Member Amateur Member Posts: 11 Join Date: 31 May 2006	31-05-2006, 15:32 My husband and I will be traveling in Germany, Switzerland and France this summer. I currently have a Cingular phone (company phone) that does not have International capabilities. I am looking into getting an upgrade to a quad phone (900/1800) ..... or do I even need to get a phone with 900/1800? I've been reading on Fodors as well as this great site as to how to go about having cell phone coveage while in Europe and it's very confusing to me. We don't need to be on the phone daily (i.e. for work). Our purpose for having the phone is to keep in touch with family back home ... touch base and in case of emergencies. We are hopping from hotel to hotel so we won't be staying in 1 place the whole time. I've read about using different sim cards, international phone cards, pre-paid phone cards from Sams club and I'm overwhelmed. Can anyone point me in a very direct, easy direction? I'd appreciate any help I could get. :wacko: