Brad Ideas - Best company in each country to buy a prepaid SIM from - Comments

Lithuania

Anonymous — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:39:06 -0800

The best in Lithuania. Most of them similar
Tele2 prepaid. Its around 6 cents to tele2 and 18 cents to others network.
Bite prepaid similar rates
TeleMaxima prepaid: with 1 dollar per month charge, you get around 6 cents to all networks, but the quality of network not the best.
Ezys Prepaid. 2 cents in Ezys network and 18 cents to other networks. Thre is option to pay 2 dollars per month and call at 6 cent per minute to all networks.

Pre-paid SIM/micro-SIM for Paris, France with data?

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 07:58:50 -0700

Pre-paid SIM/micro-SIM for Paris, France with data for use with unlocked iPhone. Not a lot of data just enough to search for places to go and routes. Thanks!

The cheapest prepaid SIM in

Anonymous — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 12:35:50 -0700

The cheapest prepaid SIM in Holland (& Belgium & France) is by Lyca Mobile; both to phone/send SMSs international as national. It has the lowest roaming costs as well if you stay within the EU (I didn't verify the costs outside of the EU).
Check out there site, the prizes and offers are a bit different from country to country but for those 3 countries it's definitively the cheapest.

Did you check if yor phone

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 05:53:39 -0700

Did you check if yor phone is GSM faehig? The Europeans invented the cell phone, so your American handset may be the reason why it did not roam.

New SIM Cards from USA SIMs

Bill N — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 10:14:23 -0700

We have a few new SIM cards at USA that are great for travelers
Pure Prepaid (only need to refill once ever 6 months) - http://www.usasims.com/Pure_Prepaid_SIM.html
Spot Mobile (Uses both AT&T and T-Mobile also offers direct dialing abroad) - http://www.usasims.com/Spot_SIM.html
AT&T now offers 500MB of 3G Data for $25 - http://www.usasims.com/ATT_SIM.html
Red Unlimited offers 30 unlimited calling and SMS for $40 - http://www.usasims.com/Red_Pocket_Unlimited_SIM.html

rip off

Anonymous — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 13:01:32 -0700

Mr Simcard resells Simple Mobile 2G plans as 3G. So a $50 plan from Simple Mobile ends up costing over $100. What a rip off. Next time I go direct to Simple and avoid Mr Simcard.

Data

brad — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 20:19:56 -0700

It does look like a good plan, though data seems to be 99 cents/mb while roaming. Much better than US rates but not as good as many euro data roaming plans I have seen which are about 50 cents.

I'll assent to this

Johnny — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 08:26:32 -0700

Meteor abolished their roaming charges for roaming in Europe completely a couple of months ago, so they're even more of a bargain at the moment, cheap sim card too.

So for example if you were planning on travelling across Europe for the summer, you could pick up a meteor sim and use it liberally in all European countries and still pay the same as you would in Ireland.

Hopefully other networks will follow their lead.

Germany Prepaid Vodafone--Can I use it in Greece?

Karen — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 21:22:27 -0700

Hello, I have a German Prepaid (D2) Callya Phone. Can I use it in Greece?

stay away from Mrsimcard

Don't use Mrsimcard — Sun, 29 May 2011 12:06:41 -0700

I just wanted to tell my story about Mrsimcard....We bought what was supposed to be a blackberry SIM card from there. First off it never work, no one ever answered the phone when we call to get help. No cellphone store we went into had a clue of what we had. After three days of both being ignored by Mrsimcard and no one else being able to help us we just gave up...............Also we never got our money back from them.....Why in the US is it do hard to just get a SIM card?

Germany 2011

Compubit — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 18:06:33 -0700

I recently bought a Blau SIM at Saturn in Munich - after some angst on getting it activated (the instructions had 2 different addresses to go to - and I went to the wrong one...), I was able to setup my account and add my US-based credit card to it and top it up with no problem. Coverage was great in cities - but on the train between Munich and Berlin (and Munich and Füssen, and Munich and Salzburg) - coverage was only in the cities (out in rural areas, I might have voice, but 3G was long gone...). I also have a Vodafone Sim - better coverage, but higher rates...

I'm happy with both - and I know I have a German number I can use - just have to remember to use the phone twice in the next year. I figure a 1 Euro/month text isn't bad to keep the phone active (if I do it monthly...).

Jim

Sim card?

jack — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 21:40:10 -0700

What Sim card were u using? Can u post the company or name of the Sim card please. I am in hk right now and the plan for 0.03$/min sounds preety decent. Thanks

Micro sim

Bianca — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 21:29:43 -0700

I have an IPhone 4 which uses a micro sim, do these companies offer the micro sim?

mexitel security deposit

Mad at Mexitel — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 08:29:16 -0800

BUT to get the "refund," you use Mexitel's pre-paid shipper, which they address. After we mailed it they claimed that it failed to arrive, and voila! you are out your security deposit. If you use their service BEWARE! I think that the "security deposit" is just a hidden fee, and I don't think there's any way to know how many phones mysteriously fail to turn up.

Ulysse mobile (prepaid sim card for usa)

sixfeet — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 07:56:12 -0800

Hi,

The best plan i found is ulysse mobile sim card

www.ulyssemobile.com

2 numbers on the same card, really best plan for calling abroad and be reachable for local cost

Best company in each country to buy a prepaid SIM from

brad — Sun, 26 Jun 2005 20:14:26 -0700

This special forum topic exists to help people identify the best local company to use for a temporary prepaid GSM SIM card when you visit that country. If you research this, put your results here. In particular look for the best results for a short term visitor, who thus won’t care much about when the minutes expire and may or may not care when the number expires. A typical cost to compare would be the cost of the card and say 60 to 100 anytime minutes. However, if there is a major difference for somebody planning mostly night/weekend calling, note that.

Here are things to note in your comment:

Company and their URL
Price for SIM, price for a cost-effective prepaid card
Ease of getting the card
Other companies to check if this one isn’t convenient
When will cheapest minutes expire, and how long after that does number expire
Can you refill from overseas (ie. with non-local credit card)
For comparison, cost of a prepaid account including (probably subsidy locked) phone. This bundle can be cheaper than an unlock and a naked SIM.

Important note: If you have any affiliation with a company you talk about or link to you must disclose it. No affiliate links allowed Furthermore, you must post your prices. (Create an account so you can come back and edit your posting when they change) and they must be one of the best deals out there. We want real information on the best deals, not self-promotion or typical vastly overpriced cards.