Originally Posted by
RobertS975
OK, here's the question: Going on a 10 day Baltic cruise. I have an unlocked Motorola Razr quad-band GSM phone which was used several years back in the UK on a pre-paid SIM card.
As I will be in CPH several days before the cruise leaves, is there a prepaid SIM card that I can obtain that will allow relatively inexpensive calls back to the USA as well as cheap (or free) incoming calls from the USA? I am talking mostly when we are in port rather than using any cell service unique to the ship.
Ports include Stockholm, Helsinki, Talinn, Gdansk, Germant and St Petersburg.
I will also have my USA ATT phone which were roam, but you all know what that will cost!
I use the prepaid Sims from Telestial.com (they remarket the ekit sims). They offer several, I use the Passport because I like the rates. It has an incoming number in the UK, which I forward a personal 800 number to should somebody call me so they don't have to call overseas. In everywhere but Russia, incoming calls would be free, and outgoing would be 49 cents per minute, in Russia it would be 1.29 and 1.49 per minute.
There are probably less expensive options out there, but it's worked for me for years.