Global Roaming Alternatives (Aussie going to UK & France)

Currently I have an iSim account. It does not support global roaming.

I'm going on a holiday to UK & France and I'd like to be able to use my
mobile (tri-band GSM).

I've seen there are schemes like TravelSim. It seems like a reasonable deal.
The only real negative is that Australian callers have to dial me on an
Estonian mobile phone number. Has anyone had any experience with this
service or its competitors?

The other alternative I've considered is getting a UK & French pre-paid and
just telling people my new numbers when I get there. Would this be a better
alternative?

Are there any alternatives I've missed?

I really don't need everyone to be able to call me (just close family and
work).

Thanks in advance
Paul

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"Paul Walker" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Currently I have an iSim account. It does not support global roaming.
>
> I'm going on a holiday to UK & France and I'd like to be able to use my
> mobile (tri-band GSM).
>
> I've seen there are schemes like TravelSim. It seems like a reasonable
> deal. The only real negative is that Australian callers have to dial me on
> an Estonian mobile phone number. Has anyone had any experience with this
> service or its competitors?

Try ekit.com.au, same type of deal with as UK number

Not according to their website

UK Mobile Vodafone 44 $0.390 per min

>
> It's what my wife did. She got a Vodaphone pre-paid SIM for around $80
> (after UK
> pound conversion). It lasted her the week that she was in London, which
> included
> calls to Oz and the US. For me, it was also cheaper as I called her via
> our VOIP
> service and with Mynetfone each call cost me ten cents flat rate. Not bad
> for an
> international call to a mobile. Cheaper than Telstra's local landline
> calls...
>

QUEBURN wrote...

> Not according to their website

What's "not according to their (sic) website"?

> UK Mobile Vodafone 44 $0.390 per min

What is this in relation to?

Oh, I made a mistake too. She spent 20 lbs on the SIM, not $80AUD (or around
$40lbs UKP).