[BNM] simple needs of an itinerant irritant

[Chris Billett]

Why not just get an international traveller service on your phone? My
company phone has that (I think o2 gave us it for free) and I seem to text
at the same price, and call abroad as much as I do England with no huge
difference. It seems to cost a bit when you're abroad yourself, strangely
considering the name, but then it's fair enough. You're paying two
carriers per call.

If you can use the pay as you go sim non stop, cool, but I wouldn't want
two numbers.

CB

>>What I need is something that resembles pay-as-you-go (seriously, I use
>> the
>>thing about once a week) but is international.
>
> Hey Nick,
>
> Sure - all you need is a Pay-As-You-Go International SIM card. We have
> them
> in Russia as the normal way of connecting - so there are many places on
> the
> net you can pick up the SIM cards and top-up cards. That would give you a
> Russian telephone number but allow you to call/recieve international
> calls.
>
> I would look at the Russian-Marriage sites as an access point -
>
> http://www.marriage-4u.com/beeline-megafon-mts-sim-mobile-cell-reload-recharge-russia-ukraine.php(Beeline
> is a good option) I've used this site before when topping up my
> phone abroad. They just get your money, withdraw it, buy the cards, then
> email you the code.
>
> There are some more official looking options though - probably require ID
> in
> some form.
>
> http://phonecard.bootsnall.com/russia_sim.htm
> http://www.planetomni.com/SIM_CTRY_russia-beeline_DTL.shtml
> http://www.valuesphere.com/intouchsmartcards/russia.html
>
> Otherwise look at international SIM providers
>
> http://www.cellularabroad.com/
> http://www.mobalrental.com/
>
> They will be more expensive though. Doesn't really matter which country
> you
> access from, the key is finding the top-up cards online - but all is
> available on the net.
>
> HTH
>
> Nick
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