Re: Pre-paid SIM in Germany?

SMS wrote:
phreak wrote:
Ok, a few of us are heading over to Germany for the month of June for
the World Cup.

All of have quad-band phones of one kind or another and are wondering
where the cheapest place would be to get a handful of pre-paid SIMs
good in Germany and maybe Switzerland & Austria.

suggestions (relavant of course) and thanks!

The U.S. resellers of the foreign SIMs really gouge you on price. You're better off waiting until you get to Europe.

The cheapest way to go is a separate prepaid SIM for each country, as the ones that work in multiple countries are a lot more per minute.

It might be helpful to your callers from the U.S. for you to set up a phone number on Stanaphone (https://www.stanaphone.com/) and each time you go to a different country log on and change the number to which the calls are forwarded to.

For a worldwide SIM, see "http://www.valuesphere.com/intouchsmartcards/hopworldwide.html";

To follow up on my own post, some of the prepaid cards, like Hop, use a system where you are essentially sending the number you wish to call to their server, then their server calls both parties and connects you. This transfers the cost of the call to the caller, rather that the receiver, since in much of Europe, the caller pays for the calls. This is why you'll see different long distance rates to European countries, based on whether you're calling a landline or a mobile. This is also why they charge less for incoming calls, part of the cost is being born by the caller. Even adding the incoming call cost to the cost paid by the caller, it's still cheaper to have someone call you, then for you to call them. Of course for outgoing calls in Europe, you're better off using a pay phone with a calling card, if you're trying to save money.
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