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I am going to America for 3 months what is the best option for calling Britain?

I am going to America for 3 months and was wondering what peoples thoughts were on the best option for calling Britain?

I will be at a camp in rural North Carolina for 2 months and then will be travelling around the east coast for around another month.

In a previous question I asked about diverting my calls from my current Virgin Mobile to an America sim and it seems an expensive and complex option. If anyone else wants to give their views on this that would be helpful.

I have a Samsung G600 Unlocked phone and would quite like to be contactable on my present mobile number but on my current tariff (the £10 liberty sim on virgin mobile (UK)) it has ridiculous roaming charges. I have never travelled since becoming pay monthly. Is there anything I should be doing? I have a vague memory of being asked if I was going to travel in the next few months and me saying no. It has been about 6 months since I switched so was there a grace period or something so they they knew you could afford your bill? When I was PAYG I would just take it and pay a fortune but that was only on a 1 or 2 week holiday so it wasn't too much.

I was also wondering how calling with a phone card on a mobile works? Is this a good option as then I can receive calls in the normal way. Will this option also cost me an arm and a leg ie will I be charged by the phone card and any hidden charges from Virgin. At Camp I will be using a phone card and landline set up.

Sorry for the long question. Thanks in advance.

Pip

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  • John L
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    No UK mobile offers roaming in the US at a reasonable price. I've looked at them all, they're all about £1/minute. A calling card won't help, since you'll pay just as much to call the local calling card number as to call back to the UK.

    I would suggest buying a Tracfone PAYG mobile when you get to the US. They're widely available at big box (Target, Kmart, etc) and office supply (Staples) stores for $20 or $30, and topup cards are available everywhere. The airtime is reasonably priced, about 10 to 15 cents/min if you get a model with double minutes and find an extra minute promo code on the Internet before you apply each topup card. And, unlike other US mobiles, they include a dialaround service so you can call many other countries including UK landlines at no extra cost.

    If you want people to be able to contact you, get a Tracfone, activate it so you know the number, and then make one expensive call on your UK mobile to change the answerphone message to tell people to call your US number.

    Source(s): done it
  • 1 decade ago

    If you plan to make daily or frequent calls might I suggest that you purchase a (or more) calling cards for $5 values (not larger as it will start to depreciate as soon as you start using it even if you don't finish it all in one shot).

    This way you can use the regular land phone in whatever place you stay and use the calling card to call anywhere in the UK or even outside. it would be much cheaper than calling using your cellular phone. Just make sure that you use it up otherwise the balance left will decrease daily and eventually empty it self out.

    Source(s): personal experience
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  • 1 decade ago

    I recommend you get a local SIM card for your travel without any contract from RebelFone: http://www.rebelfone.com/usa_simcards.aspx?couId=2

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