mobile phone options whilst working in Europe

robnye

uktyler wrote: »

I would get a sim card locally when she gets there. Buy a cheap unlocked mobile off Ebay and a French sim.

I worked for Eurocamp in Italy, and a local sim meant I could call and text back home, and in Italy. A UK sim card would mean calls and texts to French numbers would cost her more.

what a coincidence.... she is working for Eurocamp but in France.....

iceburn

one thing to add with the vodafone option might be worth for the parents to take out a vodafone pay as you go / sim only deal (see quidco for a cashback deal for simonly deal), and than add my family to it for £5. Than can call her number inclusive. Very good for daugthers and mothers to talk to one other :-D.

redux

iceburn wrote: »

one thing to add with the vodafone option might be worth for the parents to take out a vodafone pay as you go / sim only deal (see quidco for a cashback deal for simonly deal), and than add my family to it for £5. Than can call her number inclusive. Very good for daugthers and mothers to talk to one other :-D.

I think it would need to be checked whether Family can include calls to or from abroad.

http://online.vodafone.co.uk/dispatch/Portal/appmanager/vodafone/wrp?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=template12&pageID=PTC_0032

iceburn

redux wrote: »

I think it would need to be checked whether Family can include calls to or from abroad.

http://online.vodafone.co.uk/dispatch/Portal/appmanager/vodafone/wrp?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=template12&pageID=PTC_0032

already checked and have done it myself (oh just remember did it even later than couple years ago, did it in March when Olga went for few days.) If "ONE" of the family member is aboard, he/she cant calls using my family / stop the clock etc.. But it does not stop other ppl who is part of the group to call her using my family / stop the clock and if he / she is on passport only pay 75p / free from 1st June if in one of the 35 countries passport can be used / or when it first started on vodafone network :-)..

diamonds

Do the Voda for the roaming promo & after buy a Unik Mobicarte ( prepay product ) handset on Orange France, 3 Euro's a month Unik fee doubles your minutes over wifi = 50% off per minute.

And if you top up 30 Euro a month you get Unlimited Orange & French landlines

With free landlines active on your Mobicarte a/c call 0811 53 53 53, then 0044xxxxxxxx to all UK landlines

Orange Mobicarte Le plan classique:
0,45 € / min 24/7

BUNDLES (To activate dial 200 or #123#, or register for a online account on orange.fr ):


"Duo Journee"

DAILY - € 3.00 you get 1 hour of conversation and 15 SMS to all French numbers on the day of the activation ( considering that usually 7 minutes @ .45 is 3 Euro's 15 cents, and texts are 10c this is the option most people buy )



"Internet"

Internet: OrangeWorld is free 24h/24 and 500MB of internet data Mo-Su 8pm - 8am for € 5.00 per month.

Internet Max: OrangeWorld is free 24h/24 & 500MB of internet data 24/7 for € 9.00 per month.




"Calling Europe"

EU: € 0.70 per minute or:

Option Europe

With this option you get 25 minutes of calls to any number in the EU and Switzerland for 10€. The minutes are valid for 14 days from the activation.

diamonds

robnye wrote: »

any ideas

daughter has 3 phone contract,

ive looked at skype, but this is only free from 3 phones to pc when in the uk

3 phone in UK, but skype user anywhere worldwide
You may as well use her contract in the UK when she can get to a pc/wifi connection, she is not going to be using it

diamonds

robnye wrote: »

(or are calls between countries excluded)

3) something else

Correct.

3 - Skype, Voda UK sim only for 3 months, Orange France for France & after Voda ends - you have FREE Skype calls she has cheap deals on Orange France

robnye

cheers peeps...... orange france sounds like a goodun,
have got an old unlocked phone, so she can take that, even if all she does is txt us to say call her ,then we can contact her via one of the folowing
18185, call18866 and 1899 as well as Rebtel*

anyone suggest which is the best uk landline to french mobile?

redux

I forgot to mention SFR's add-on bundle costing €5 a month which then charges 30 cents per call up to an hour to SFR and landlines, either weekday daytime or at weekends.

Could be useful with callthrough on ordinary landlines such as a Paris number; but note 6 cents a minute surcharge by SFR for 0811 numbers.

robnye

ok so this has come up again.....

if i get her a vodafone sim card PAYG then add the summer roaming

then forward her 3 number to her vodafone number

how would the free minutes (she gets on her 3 contract) work with the vodafone number?