ideas for using mobiles abroad please

lannyp

hi everybody, just wondered if anyone,s got the best deals for using your mobile abroad, in about a month i,ll be working in southern france and spain moving around and and will want phone home a few times a week, my contract with orange runs out on april 17th, currently on 200 min x network plus 500text and 30pounds a month,

pennypincher_2

Buy yourself local sim cards - Bouygues Telecom France and Amena in Spain both have half decent prepaid rates.

knuckledragger

In France have a look at SFR PAYG sims. I think that they're 30 euros with 11 euro credit at the moment. If it's a couple of savvy people that you will be contacting in the UK, text them when you want to speak and get them to call you back on your French sim using inclusive xnet mins if they're on O2, Orange. Or use one of the cheap international call methods if using a landline.

http://www.planettalkfree.com/index.cfm/id/home/lang/english

http://www.yourcallworld.com/destinations.aspx

madnlooney

yeah its best to get a local network pay as you go. found it cheaper while i was in norway for 2months

redux

You might also look at Vodafone Passport which can be used in both those countries - SFR in France and Vodafone Spain. On payg, off-peak calls cost 5p per minute, incoming calls 0p/min, with a 75p connect fee per call.

For other SIMs, see http://www.prepaidgsm.net/en/operators.html

The Spanish numbers have some cheap favourite number tariffs, or there is a new Vodafone flat rate per call up to an hour, and French ones have some bolt-on minute bundles, either of which could be used with calling card access.

lannyp

thank you very much to each and every one of you for the input, really appreciated, i,ll look at the methods in depth, thank you all