Poster: A snowHead
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In Switzerland, Migros have a nice cheap pay as you go option. All calls to mobile or land lines in Europe are 0.28CHF/min with 1 second charging. SMS is 0.10 CHF. You can get a card with 15CHF credit for 20CHF or even a whole phone + 15CHF credit for 30 CHF.
Is there anything similar for France? We always clock up some roaming charges and my wife refuses to use a PMR radio
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I was thikning of doing something similar in Italy. Anyone help there? Specifically Courmayeur which is geographically quite close to both France and Switzerland, albeith with bloody great moutnains in the way that might block mobile signals
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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nbt, I think you can forget non Italian networks. I could not get a Orange CH signal at the Grand St Bernard Pass (border between Switzerland and Italy) leave alone the valley on the other side.
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Have you all checked your phones are unlocked to all networks?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I believe that 3 Network has launched a scheme in the last year that allows you to use your contract phone 'as if at home' when in a country that also has 3 Network (UK, Hong Kong, Italy, Sweden, Austria, Denmark and Ireland). You need to make sure you're on the correct network when abroad but then your usage comes out of your inclusive minutes / data* bundle.
3 Network's marketing is fairly innovative and so they do tend to come up with these 'un-beatable' deals now and then but I've had contracts with them in the past and think they are rubbish.
As we know roaming charges can mount up really quickly so it might be cost effective taking out a contract with them for a whole year in order to access this facility - if their customer service wasn't such an absolute PIA to deal with, I'd be much more ready to consider this seriously.
Has anyone experience/knowledge of this scheme in action yet?
*that could save a packet
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Kruisler, yes. I regularly substitute a UK sim when I am visiting
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