Posted: 4/2/2016 10:25:19 PM EDT
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So I might be traveling to Austria and Germany in about a month and wanted to know if anyone has any cheap suggestions for using a cellphone. I currently use AT&T, but the only plan I can find is an additional $60 which only gets me 300mbs of data and $0.50 a minute talk.
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| I have a Verizon Iphone which does not have a sim. I signed up for International service with Verizon while we travelled. That plan included 300mbs of data. Blew through that in about 5 days. Free wifi is scarce in Germany. You may want to look into just buying a sim card when you get there. |
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So I might be traveling to Austria and Germany in about a month and wanted to know if anyone has any cheap suggestions for using a cellphone. I currently use AT&T, but the only plan I can find is an additional $60 which only gets me 300mbs of data and $0.50 a minute talk. Any suggestions on what to do? What phone do you have? Most AT&T phones will work in Europe and you can buy a local SIM card if you are going to make a lot of calls. |
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This is what I did for usage in Germany, Austria and Switzerland last September.. 1) used my no contract note 4, t-mobile model that I use on att 2) purchased t-mobile regular unlimited service... gives you unlimited data in europe... 3g, but it was decent speed. 3) canceled t-mobile when I came home  By far the cheapest option unless you want to mess around with buying a Sim in Europe. I also forwarded my calls from att to t-mobile while I was there... phone calls are not free back to the US, but if you really need it, it's there.. It's the data plan I really wanted...and t-mobile is all over Europe since it's a German company. |
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Quoted: So I might be traveling to Austria and Germany in about a month and wanted to know if anyone has any cheap suggestions for using a cellphone. I currently use AT&T, but the only plan I can find is an additional $60 which only gets me 300mbs of data and $0.50 a minute talk. Any suggestions on what to do? Rather than use her company issue AT&T iphone 5C last month, my wife took my unlocked T Mobile iPhone 5 with her to London, for a 10 day trip with sister and nieces. Shortly after arrival, she walked in and got a prepaid O2 sim card from Carphone warehouse for 10 pounds, which gave her 250 minutes and 4gb of data for a 30 day period.
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1. Buy yourself a cheap 4-band unlocked GSM phone, such as this one:
http://www.amazon.com/LG-A275-Black-Unlocked-QuadBand/dp/B009IRGQPO 2. When you get to your destination, buy a local SIM card with prepaid minutes. 3. Install SIM card in phone and you're GTG. This is by far the cheapest and most reliable way to do it. Forget international (traveling) calling with U.S. carriers. |