call out of country and recieving calls from out of country

[BandAid]

Gonna be out of the country and want to know how to make calls to the usa,dont want the charges on my cell phone bill,can i get a phone card and still use my existing cell from while in Europe....and does the person i call get charged if i call them in the usa while i am in europe...any input.. thank Dennis :smile:

 

[GSTOY]

Will you have access to the web? if so, you might look at skype.

 

[BandAid]

No i will not when out of country,but the people here will have internet,prolly doesnt help since i will be interenet -less...

 

[Chris Wh1]

Depending how long you are going to be there, this could work out for you. When I was stationed in Germany I was in and out of europe, us, and the middle east so much i bought a cheep prepaid phone. Usually they can give you a AT&T 800 number that you can use a prepaid phone card. That is what i always did and it seemed to be the cheepest way to call. HTH

 

[turbojay]

I usually take an unlocked GSM phone with me when I travel to Europe/Asia and get it activated over there. It's much cheaper to call U.S. from a local cellphone over there than using your U.S. cellphone there. Once the phone is active over there, you can buy prepaid minutes. I once used my AT&T phone in Germany and was charged something like $3/minute on top of a $5 roaming fee. When using a local cellphone there, the cost to call the U.S. was something like 12 cents per minute.