On Tue, 20 Aug 2013 13:16:46 -0400, Frank Clarke wrote in post :
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This question is mostly for the USians on the group but anyone else is,
naturally, welcome to chime in.

I need advice on a CHEAP way to have a cell phone available for travel in
Europe. It doesn't have to be fancy (God, please let's not get into another
****ing contest over the glories of smart phones!). All it has to do is make
and receive voice calls.

Some years ago I got a bottom-of-the-line Motorola C123 from CallInEurope.com
operating out of Connecticut somewhere. $60 complete w a French SIM and all the
doo-dads; I lent it to someone and they lost it :-(

CIE seems to have gone out of business, but if they were still around, I'd pick
up another just like it.

Any alternative suggestions?

FrankC
(chg Arabic# to Roman to reply)

I just checked the 3 website in Austria.
For example:
You can get a SIM card, no registration, no contract, for about €10.
€0.08/minute within Austria, €0.28 within EU. Or you can add - for €6 more
- a 200 minutes package for EU, USA, Turkey and Canada.
Then you only need an unlocked 3G phone (available almost anywhere second
hand).
I believe Austria is relatively cheap compared to most other EU countries,
so expect to pay a bit more, but roaming charges are capped by the EU, so
there shouldn't be too much variation in reality.



--
Tim C. Linz, Austria.