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Old 4th November 2008, 11:34 PM
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TravelSIM Australia - International SIM for travel

Does anyone have any feedback on this?

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Old 7th November 2008, 09:18 PM
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I'm guessing not the best or hasn't been tried?

What do you do for telephone communication overseas?
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Old 7th November 2008, 09:20 PM
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I'm guessing not the best or hasn't been tried?

What do you do for telephone communication overseas?
Skype or my Oz mobile and kept to a minimum.
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Old 8th November 2008, 08:59 PM
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Re: TravelSIM

Skype sometimes.... Company VOIP sometimes.... huge mobile bills ! (but mostly work pays)

Or you could just ignore everybody and everything and enjoy the trip if its not work related (and if work related see point above about work mobile)

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Old 9th November 2008, 07:46 PM
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Used them this year in UK. Saves the hassle of looking up local numbers for some of the others I've used. Also, has free SMS via their website. Let my daughter keep in contact with her mother while we were away.
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Old 9th November 2008, 08:18 PM
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I'm guessing not the best or hasn't been tried?

What do you do for telephone communication overseas?
Outgoing calls: Skype with Skype credit, using Fring application on an iphone, so it works like a regular mobile when in a wifi zone. $40 lasts forever.

Incoming calls: message on my voicemail telling people to (in order of preference):
1. email
2. leave voicemail on my skypein australia number
3. call or text to my second mobile if urgent
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Old 9th November 2008, 08:54 PM
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TravelSIM Australia - International SIM for travel

Does anyone have any feedback on this?
I haven't tested it yet, but I have heard it is pretty good.

Depending on the country would depend on the solution I'd use. Global roaming is by far the most expensive.

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Old 10th November 2008, 05:34 PM
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If you've got a new-ish smartphone that has WiFi (like a Nokia N95) then you can often install VOIP clients onto them and use the handset to make VOIP calls where ever it can connect to the internet with WiFi.
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Old 10th November 2008, 08:24 PM
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If you've got a new-ish smartphone that has WiFi (like a Nokia N95) then you can often install VOIP clients onto them and use the handset to make VOIP calls where ever it can connect to the internet with WiFi.
that works pretty well (I have an N95), it just sucks the battery from you!

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