Hehe In my experience, Telstra shops don't know much about anything :)
Regarding overseas travel, when we went to Europe recently my other half got a prepaid SIM card which was, I think, UK based - it worked through Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, Slovakia, Austria, Czech Republic and Swizerland and she could top it up on the go. One annoyance was that it took a long time to connect - I think it phoned back to the UK for each connection? On a slightly different tack, re Janes comment: > Quite an endless round > if sim card swopping goes on when I travel! I vaguely remember seeing on eBay: 1) mobile phones with 2 SIM card slots 2) SIM card adaptors to let you fit 2 SIM cards into 1 SIM card slot I also seem to remember that there were different variations in how these worked - I think with some only 1 card was active at a time and you could select which one, whereas with others both worked for incoming calls and one was selected for outgoing. The main market seemed to be for people travelling - does anyone have any experience with these ( & would the adaptors let you fit 2 SIMs into an iPhone?!) So much to learn... So few brain cells left!! Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 10/7/08 1:23 PM, mince and pud at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Jane > > Thanks for that - funny the telstra shop didn't seem to know about > it.... > > Alastair > > > On 10 Jul 2008, at 06:00, Jane Griffiths wrote: > >> Hi Lloyd & Alastair >> >> See here for Telstra International roaming on Prepaids >> >> www.telstra.com.au/mobile/networks/internat_prepaid.html >> >> Regards >> Jane >> >> On 10/07/2008, at 12:24 PM, Lloyd White wrote: >> >>> I would also like to know how to do that. I took an Optus simple >>> contract >>> because they gave me Global Roaming which Telstra would not do on >>> pre-paid. >>> Lloyd >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> Hi Jane >>>> >>>> iPhone aside, I was interested to hear you use your pre-paid telstra >>>> sim abroad - I have the same but to roam abroad they make me go on >>>> to a >>>> temporary contract, which I then have to undo when I get back. How do >>>> you do it? >>>> >>>> regards >>>> Alastair >>>> >>>> >>>> On 10 Jul 2008, at 04:20, Jane Griffiths wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> As much as I would like to, I won't be getting an iPhone tomorrow. I >>>>> feel I need more time to understand the intricacies of the various >>>>> carriers' plans. >>>>> I only have a pre-paid telstra sim in an unlocked phone (for use >>>>> overseas as well) at the moment and my mobile phone usage is very >>>>> low, >>>>> so only the lowest cost plans would be of interest to me. I notice >>>>> that Optus offer an $80 unlocking of the iPhone on their pre-paid >>>>> plan >>>>> so that might be tempting. >>>>> I will be going along to somewhere selling the iPhone tomorrow just >>>>> to >>>>> have a look at one, as I must be one of the few Apple fans that has >>>>> actually never seen the real thing! >>>>> >>>>> Jane >>>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
