1. Enable international roaming and take your phone with you.
2. Get a prepaid Polish SIM and forward your AT&T phone to the Polish number.
NB - if you opt for #2 you'll need to forward your calls WHILE STILL IN THE USA because once your phone registers on the POlish network, AT&T will forward all your calls to your phone in Poland and only then to your Polish SIM. If you turn on your phone outside of the USA and let it register on the foreign network, you will be charged a minimum of 2 minutes per incoming call - even with your phone off. AT&T (and any other carrier) charges you one minute to forward your call overseas, and another minute to forward it back to the US voicemail system.
This topic has been discussed ad nauseam on Howard Forums - www.howardforums.com.
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Visiting from US next month with ATT cell service. Anyone know best move to receive calls on my cell number? Best deal for outgoing calls? Thanks!
A couple of things I'd like to add to the above post.
1. You cannot forward your AT&T phone (or any other US carrier's for that matter) internationally. You have to use a 3rd party such as voicestick, skype, etc. that will forward internationally, then forward your number to that 3rd party number.
2. You can forward/deactivate forwarding from anywhere there is coverage. These are GSM codes, so you do not have to be in the US to be able to forward. I have had my AT&T phone with me and have forwarded/unforwarded from just about any country I have been in. Of course, any calls that you pick up or that roll to voicemail will be charged the roaming rate.
1. You cannot forward your AT&T phone (or any other US carrier's for that matter) internationally. You have to use a 3rd party such as voicestick, skype, etc. that will forward internationally, then forward your number to that 3rd party number.
Not exactly. I have arranged for Verizon Wireless to forward my calls to my Orange France number but it required the intervention of second level tech support. It can be done.
Even if it could be done, it isn't a good financial bet. Cell phone companies charge significantly more for international calls (even on their discounted plans) than these services.
I've done my best to read through these and I didn't see a specific answer to this, so I'll post away.
I'm heading to Italy and I have a Blackberry 8830 with sprint. From what I've read and when I called sprint, this phone is unlocked so I can use an italian SIM card. I don't need very many minutes, this phone will be used for short 1 minute calls or emergency use.
Are there stores inside FCO where I can buy a prepaid SIM? Inexpensive would be the key since incoming calls are free on italian sims. And if anyone has used the BB 8830 (sprint) internationally before, shoot me a pm or reply with how it worked etc.
Any ideas though on where to buy inside the airport if possible or how much would be great. Barring that, the name of some stores that would sell it cheaply will work as well. My italian is terrible but it seems that I can purchase these is supermarkets over there if all else fails...
This is like unbelievable information. Thank you for dedicating so much time to informing us all! My question is in regards to Data - I have a Data card I need to get access for my laptop.
Is there an option that is more cost effective than the .02 / kilobyte AT&T wants to charge? will be there for 3 weeks, an unlimited plan is best, pre-paid data would be second choice.
Thanks for offering some help!
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When you arrive at CDG Terminal 2A, you will go through Baggage Claim, Immigration and then Customs. After exiting customs, you might want to change money or use an ATM, both of which are on this floor.
When you are through with your money transactions, you will turn RIGHT toward Terminal C. In case you want to consult a map, you are looking for the Shopping Area (a/k/a the "Zone Publique") which is one floor DOWN. In case you do not speak French and want to ask for directions, say "Pharmacy" or "Post" the way you would in English and anyone will understand you mean "Pharmacie" and "Bureau de Poste." If this proves to be a problem, print out this page and show it to someone: http://www.aeroportsdeparis.fr/Adp/f...cies_CDG2A.htm
Keep walking until you pass McDonald's which will be on your right. You're getting close.
BE VARY WARY OF PICKPOCKETS and other con artists from this point on. I have seen several arrests and had one attempt to scam me.
When you see the escalators, if you have a luggage cart, fear not. There are two small elevators which go downstairs and you can take your cart onboard. (Only two carts can fit at once.)
When you get downstairs, you are now in the Zone Publique. Walk about 150 feet and the first shop on your right will have lots of newspapers and magazines at the entrance. You will see the pharmacy up ahead, the Post Office after it and car rental counters on your left.
Walk into the shop, go straight ahead to the counter and if you do not speak French, speak English slowly and ask for a "Mobicarte SIM Carte" (not "card") or (if the guy doesn't understand), a "Mobicarte Poche").
It is slightly possible, although unlikely, that they may have run out of them, in which case, ask for a SIM carte from SFR, the main competitor to Orange. Unless you are desperate, do not buy a SIM card from Bouygues, which all my French friends and colleagues say has bad service in Paris.
No matter how phone savvy you are, I would ask the guy nicely, if he wouldn't mind activating the card for you. There may be the usual way of doing things but then there is the French way.
Note that this shop is like a mini supermarket. They have a terrific section of books and maps and even novels in English. They sell all sorts of travellers needs including luggage and have a nice food section. I usually buy copies of the WSJ Europe, Le Figaro, the IHT, Paris Capitale and a liter of Vittel to drink in the cab.
I do not want to go on and on about Paris, etc., but PLEASE do not hesitate to ask further questions.
Oh yes, when you get done with all this, exit the store, sit down at the cafe next to it, and have a decent breakfast which they didn't give you on the plane even if you flew C. It's what I always do.
This is like unbelievable information. Thank you for dedicating so much time to informing us all! My question is in regards to Data - I have a Data card I need to get access for my laptop.
Is there an option that is more cost effective than the .02 / kilobyte AT&T wants to charge? will be there for 3 weeks, an unlimited plan is best, pre-paid data would be second choice.
Thanks for offering some help!
That was very kind of you to say.
How quickly do you need to know this? I'll have more time over the weekend.
In germany we got SIM cards from VodaFone for about 20 euros which included 30 minutes of talk time and unlimited incoming calls. This way people in the US could call us using their cheaper long distance.
Also, the text messages were MUCH cheaper than talking so we mostly used those.
I use my +423 SIM while traveling. I used to have a cheap route to forward incoming calls from Canada/ USA to my +423 number. I was using VOIPjet.com with my own asterisk box to forward the call. That provider has now raised the rates to .55 cents a minute.
Does anyone have a suggestion to look into for a cheap way to forward a call to +423?
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Thanks for the info. I'm looking at the options. I'm also considering to just switch to UM+ and get a +44 number that called be from USA
I use a Vodafone UK SIM in England but was in Venice a couple weeks ago and used my United Mobile + SIM. I was very pleased with the results. I needed CS (I forgot my SIM unlock code) and it was rapid and solved the problem. I also found web recharging worked well. I had good service in Venice and am now pretty sold on the UM + service. The UM+ rates are much better for me than the old UM service.
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I went ahead and did the FREE +44 card from United Mobile. My VOIP providor charges .15 to that number, so I just forward it directly to my +44 number when out of the country and then I give my VOIP number to F&F.
I went on a eurotrip last summer and used a service similar to what gfunkdave was referring to in an earlier post. I have a Cingular phone (so it's GSM), and if you have been a paying customer for six months, Cingular will send you an unlock code for your phone. I unlocked my phone and got a prepaid SIM card. I did the math and a prepaid SIM is much cheaper than international roaming. Worked really well everywhere I went in western and eastern europe. The company I got it from is called http://www.onesimcard.com
