Saturday, May 03, 2008
For travelers : a way to cut off your cell phone fees when you are travelling
Hi averyone!
This post is overall for French people. I have an advise to them, when they are travelling. If your cell phone provider is Orange, you should subscribe to "internet max option", 9 euros a month. This option gives you access to all the internet all day long ;).
Then, you should subscribe on www.vyke.com to the vykeIP application. So, you can send SMS at 2cents ! When you are traveling, a data connexion fee is 9 cents. You add 2 cents for a SMS....and voilà ;) 0.11euros a SMS from a foreign country :D. I have tried with a WAP connexion in the configuration menu. Plus, with this data plan, you can send SMS from France too at 2 cents every one.
Now, you should subscribe to an eqo account on www.eqo.com .The latest Nokia version provide you a "traveler" option. This one let you spend money only on inbound calls. So, When you want to call someone, you :
1. start a data connexion : 0.09 euros fees
2. the eqo server is calling you : inbound fees 0.29euros a minute (for information, outbound calls from foreign European country to France are 0.59euros a minute)
3. the eqo calls fees : from your French cell phone to another cell phone (no eqo user) (the most expensive case) 0.18euros a minute.
So your call is around 0.47euros a minute + 0.09euros fees! And if you are calling to a foreign country, you have no roaming fees !!!!
Enjoy your holidays ;)
This post is overall for French people. I have an advise to them, when they are travelling. If your cell phone provider is Orange, you should subscribe to "internet max option", 9 euros a month. This option gives you access to all the internet all day long ;).
Then, you should subscribe on www.vyke.com to the vykeIP application. So, you can send SMS at 2cents ! When you are traveling, a data connexion fee is 9 cents. You add 2 cents for a SMS....and voilà ;) 0.11euros a SMS from a foreign country :D. I have tried with a WAP connexion in the configuration menu. Plus, with this data plan, you can send SMS from France too at 2 cents every one.
Now, you should subscribe to an eqo account on www.eqo.com .The latest Nokia version provide you a "traveler" option. This one let you spend money only on inbound calls. So, When you want to call someone, you :
1. start a data connexion : 0.09 euros fees
2. the eqo server is calling you : inbound fees 0.29euros a minute (for information, outbound calls from foreign European country to France are 0.59euros a minute)
3. the eqo calls fees : from your French cell phone to another cell phone (no eqo user) (the most expensive case) 0.18euros a minute.
So your call is around 0.47euros a minute + 0.09euros fees! And if you are calling to a foreign country, you have no roaming fees !!!!
Enjoy your holidays ;)
# posted by Phil @ 12:16 PM 
