TravelSIM

[leny]

TravelSIM Australia - International SIM for travel

Does anyone have any feedback on this?

 

[leny]

I'm guessing not the best or hasn't been tried?

What do you do for telephone communication overseas?

 

[straitman]

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.

 

[NM]

What do you do for telephone communication overseas?

Nortel MCS 5100 PC Client

 

[Evan]

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)

E

 

[jgm]

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.

 

[adrian]

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

 

[nlagalle]

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.

Nick

 

[SeaWolf]

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.

 

[nlagalle]

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!

 

[Warks]

There was an article in the SMH's Travel section at the weekend (doesn't seem to be on the web at this stage) which was spruiking the benefits of Travelsim.

I just looked up their website (Travelsim's) for a comparison and found that Telstra's rates were better in Canada anyway so no benefit.

TravelSIM Rates - International SIM for travel

No better for USA either:
TravelSIM Rates - International SIM for travel

Could be better in places like Kazakhstan though.

 

[Warks]

Story is now on the Herald website:
Using your mobile phone overseas cheaply

 

[kpc]

My current practices when O/S:
Divert all calls to voice mail, and advise that I can be contacted by SMS. I don't get charged to receive SMSs if overseas (roaming on Vodafone). If they leave a voice message (), I get an SMS notification, and I retrieve the message using Skype or a local SIM card that I buy. Sending SMS from overseas to Australia or a third country only costs 75c/message with Vodafone, cheaper if I have bought a local SIM card (for longer stays). I do try and stay at places where there is WiFi so I can use Skype for outgoing calls.