Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Frank Slootweg Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: Two Questions Date: 4 Dec 2024 16:36:10 GMT Organization: NOYB Lines: 46 Message-ID: References: X-Trace: individual.net jzhoAalooBLZzo2XS2ulrw72B0tSAnS0815mHa3ysAE6b21dGN X-Orig-Path: not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:qihWhdmq5wDmNDKu7DE/X/v0RBU= sha256:2pnCiCSjy8URYzQkZY+EABXNLqDWJ+FFpfCB0ebWGAw= User-Agent: tin/1.6.2-20030910 ("Pabbay") (UNIX) (CYGWIN_NT-10.0-WOW/2.8.0(0.309/5/3) (i686)) Hamster/2.0.2.2 Bytes: 3075 Ken Blake wrote: > On Tue, 3 Dec 2024 20:11:38 +0100, "Carlos E.R." > wrote: > > >On 2024-12-03 17:28, Frank Slootweg wrote: > >> Andy Burns wrote: > >>> micky wrote: > >>> > >>>> rent a sim in the country I'm going to. > >>> > >>> A SIM for any EU country ought to allow free roaming to any other EU > >>> country, so the O/P won't need three SIMs. > >> > >> And for the EU you probably don't need to rent a SIM, but just buy > >> one, probably with a pre-paid plan. > >> > >> Ken said "I'll be in Europe (Spain, France, Italy)...". If he visits > >> them in that order, Carlos may be able to give some suggestions/pointers > >> for Spain. If Ken could indicate how much minutes/'texts'/GB he would > >> need per unit of time, that would help. > > > >Orange had a nice offer two years ago, but I don't know currently. > >Almost unlimited usage for 50 or 60 euros, for a month. > > Thanks, but much more than I'm willing to spend. I hope to never need > to use it, but just want something available in case I need to. You said you wanted to be able to call a taxi, in case you need one. If so, you need to be prepared and that something is "available" is of little help in such cases, you need to *have* it. My advice: If you have a dual-SIM phone, buy a local pre-paid SIM when you arrive. Will probably only cost you the credit supplied on the SIM, i.e. some 10 dollars or so. If you don't have a dual-SIM phone, but can swap SIMs (i.e. you can't be contacted on your US number, but can still use things like WhatsApp), do the same (pre-paid SIM). If you want more advice, *talk* to us. Sofar you have given very little information/feedback. > >The best method is not asking the locals, but entering a shop that tends > >to multiple brands in an immigrant district. My cousin did that in > >Barcelona and surprised me by finding a very good deal I did not know about. > > > >Just a note: they will ask you to show an ID. This is counter-terrorism > >measures since 9-11 and 11M