Using my Mobile whilst in America etc

beduch

Using my Mobile in America I will be going to America and the Carribean on holiday in June
What would be the cheapest way to use my mobile phone, which is on BT contract with 150 free cross network minutes

andy88_2

The cheapest would be not to use the UK SIM card, but get a local one there. But this means having to give people a different phone number of course.

Perhaps your decision will depend on how many incoming and outgoing calls you expect. It would be worth checking BT mobile's tariffs for roaming calls; some companies have an international option you can take out for a month at a time for about £3, which cuts tariffs quite a bit.

You will need to use a phone that has different frequencies to here, triband or possibly even quad. Here we use 900 and 1800 bands. USA uses 850 and 1900. The Caribbean is something of a mixture; some copy US frequencies, others the 900/1800.

I've got my eye on a couple of new developments in US - new mvno SIMs coming soon.

Whereabout in the Caribbean? Then I can check which frequency bands, and maybe recommend one SIM for several countries. Or try the frequencies yourself at http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/index.shtml