Path: ...!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 19:08:09 GMT Organization: NOYB Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: X-Trace: individual.net zVWvvY6K/XelJJzCicOGCA868ynx9pJz4qxGucO8i+bYgB6gHj X-Orig-Path: not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:jg+5d+DxjpdK31eU/B9rCX1qAOs= sha256:dEhH2GhBoyDlXIf1Nyn3R+ZTk0AVeZgvqNNm9E0ugcU= 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: 2200 Carlos E.R. wrote: > On 2024-12-04 17:36, Frank Slootweg wrote: [...] > > 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). > > For that price, it may not include much data. Huh? Later you give examples of 10-50GB for 10 Euro. That's quite a bit of data and Ken said he mainly needs it to call a taxi (if needed) and will use Wi-Fi in hotels. [Examples deleted.] > Notice that with a SIM bought in Spain, making a phone call in Italy is > an international call. Yes, but it is subject to free roaming and must be *charged* as an in-country call. Or did Itlay (or Spain) leave the EU when I wasn't paying attention!? :-)