Originally Posted by
nmenaker
I'm starting to like the vodaphone germany plans, and the UK are not too far behind.
they have just introduced a plan call passport, which allows for european roaming, including UK for .75 euro a call, and then one uses either their prepaid minutes, or minutes included in a monthly plan. So, a one minute call while roaming in Switzerland is .80-.85 for the first minute, but then only regular rates per minute for future calls. As well, the group calling features work apparently with this plan, so the one number deals would allow for fairly cheap euro zone roaming.
Read the fine print!
That is only when calling TO your phone and when you are roaming on a vodaphone approved for passport network. The tick is to not allow your phone to roam automatically but roam manually and pick the network that is on the vodaphone list of participating networks or you could be in for a very nasty surprise. Calls from your phone and BACK to the country where the cellnumber belong. I believe it is also for calls within the country you visit. But if your number is german, you're in spain and you call france - you pay premium rates.
Passport has been around in UK for quite a while. It started on paymonthly plans and can now be added to oreoay sims as wel.
I still think the free-roaming sims are the best deal.