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Roaming with Cingular in Italy & Austria....advice?
Can anyone give advice or things to watch out for? Is it really only $1.29 a minute or are there hundreds of dollars in hidden fees?
The advantage to the european sim card with european phone number would be that it's prepaid. No way to go over. But if I am only going to use maybe 30 minutes it won't be advantageous. Another option is to keep a prepaid phone card in my wallet for use on payphones. You can get plenty of minutes for a traveler for $5.
Anyway ...
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Second, of course make sure your phone supports the correct bands: 900 and 1800. If your phone is quad-band, you're all set. If it's tri-band, check the networks where you'll be going:
http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/cou_it.shtml »
http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/cou_at.shtml »