T-mobile would be less than a dollar a minute on international calls but
they don't offer international roaming with american prepaid

original wrote:
> "Loz" <loz@replyvianews.(news)> wrote in message
> news:%6LIa.522$Zv5.5651685@news-text.cableinet.net...
>
>>Not so, local and long distance calls range from 35p/min to 2p/min. Those
>>are international back to the UK - 99p/min
>>Plus these are the PAYG rates. Contracts are usually much better for
>>heavier users.
>
>
> I am not a "heavier user." I am on holiday for a month. I spent a lot of
> time checking rates. I'm finding that, if I sign up for a prepaid plan in
> one country, local calls in Europe outside of that country are at least
> $1.25 a minute and calls back to the U.S. appear to be $2.25 a minute.
>
> Folks, if there are better deals PLEASE let me know exactly who provides
> them. I am leaving next Tuesday and would prefer to use a mobile phone. Thus
> far, everything I have found is very costly. This surprises me. I did not
> think that it would cost so much to obtain Europe-wide mobile service.
>
> If you have suggestions, please post a specific link to a calling plan. I am
> VERY open minded! Thanks much in advance.
>
>

Look at a Roadpost UK SIM ($50) with a callback service. Free incoming in
the UK, $0.11 a minute outgoing in the UK using Boomerang callback. $0.75 a
minute incoming in the Eurozone, $0.86 a minute outgoing. The rates are not
great, but they are below the $1 a minute barrier you were talking about.
www.roadpost.com.


"d" <mejoxleryoujane@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:3EF784C8.8020501@yahoo.com...
> T-mobile would be less than a dollar a minute on international calls but
> they don't offer international roaming with american prepaid
>
> original wrote:
> > "Loz" <loz@replyvianews.(news)> wrote in message
> > news:%6LIa.522$Zv5.5651685@news-text.cableinet.net...
> >
> >>Not so, local and long distance calls range from 35p/min to 2p/min.
Those
> >>are international back to the UK - 99p/min
> >>Plus these are the PAYG rates. Contracts are usually much better for
> >>heavier users.
> >
> >
> > I am not a "heavier user." I am on holiday for a month. I spent a lot of
> > time checking rates. I'm finding that, if I sign up for a prepaid plan
in
> > one country, local calls in Europe outside of that country are at least
> > $1.25 a minute and calls back to the U.S. appear to be $2.25 a minute.
> >
> > Folks, if there are better deals PLEASE let me know exactly who provides
> > them. I am leaving next Tuesday and would prefer to use a mobile phone.
Thus
> > far, everything I have found is very costly. This surprises me. I did
not
> > think that it would cost so much to obtain Europe-wide mobile service.
> >
> > If you have suggestions, please post a specific link to a calling plan.
I am
> > VERY open minded! Thanks much in advance.
> >
> >
>
>