Using Mobile in States

minckle

Hi

I'm going to the States in September and would welcome any advice on the cheapest way to make calls during my visit

Currently I'm on O2 contract, Ive just called them to find calls will cost £1.37 / min (which is ridiculous), [FONT=&quot]Apparently [/FONT]if i use there international tariff costing £3 the cost of calls will go down to 90p /min.

I'll be traveling around for 2 weeks and will mainly need to make local calls (usa to usa) to book hotels etc

Any advice will be very appreciated

Sid_Harper

Something like what 0044.co.uk offer might do the trick. You are best off making local calls there from a callbox. In the US you pay to receive calls.

I think T-mobile USA do pay-as-you-go there too. It is very cheap for people from here to call you on a US number from a landline.

deano27_2

If you are only going to do USA to USA then perhaps a local sim is your best option as on any UK tariff 80ppm is going to be the lowest.

Alhough T Mobile I think have good USA rates, they even allow you to use your minute bundle.

KILL_BILL

if you are taking a us phone then you need to ensure that it is a tri band phone - most new phones are

t-monbile and virgin have a payg sim only option which may be oyur best bet