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Tom Randall - 30 Jul 2003 13:41 GMT

What is the best option for getting a short term (less than a week) GSM
phone for France/Switzerland?

Get a phone here in the states and a pre-paid SIM card over there? What
else?

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Donald Newcomb - 30 Jul 2003 18:24 GMT

> What is the best option for getting a short term (less than a week) GSM
> phone for France/Switzerland?
>
> Get a phone here in the states and a pre-paid SIM card over there? What
> else?

Renting is money down a rat hole (IMHO). You can buy a very good,
brand-new, never-locked, tri-band GSM phone for less than $80. Then
it's your's to keep. Buy prepaid SIMs after you arrive; or for
convenience (at a price) before you leave, from a place like
Telestial.com.

Donald Newcomb
DRNewcomb (at) attglobal (dot) net

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Tom Randall - 30 Jul 2003 18:53 GMT

Can you point me to anywhere I can find such a deal on a tri-band phone?
I have not seen any deals like that.

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> > What is the best option for getting a short term (less than a week) GSM
> > phone for France/Switzerland?
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John Navas - 30 Jul 2003 20:08 GMT

eBay.

>Can you point me to anywhere I can find such a deal on a tri-band phone?
>I have not seen any deals like that.
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>> convenience (at a price) before you leave, from a place like
>> Telestial.com.

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Donald Newcomb - 30 Jul 2003 23:35 GMT

> Can you point me to anywhere I can find such a deal on a tri-band phone?
> I have not seen any deals like that.

I bought an Ericsson R520m from Cellularshowroom.com via an eBay auction.
Their current web price for this phone is $51.99 + $25.00 S&H or $76.99. It
has been just perfect for my needs. It is automatic tri-band (no manual
switching from 1900 to 900/1800), WAP, GPRS, Bluetooth, IrDA, etc. It comes
with an A/C charger and CD-ROM program to set up the phones functions via
IrDA. From different sources I bought an OEM leather belt case, tiny travel
charger and 2.5 mm headset adapter. This phone was over $400 a couple of
years ago.
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Joseph - 30 Jul 2003 21:41 GMT

>What is the best option for getting a short term (less than a week) GSM
>phone for France/Switzerland?
>
>Get a phone here in the states and a pre-paid SIM card over there? What
>else?

With what you pay for your week's worth of phone rental you could
*buy* your own second hand phone and a prepaid card. You should be
able to get a European capable phone for $50 or so.

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