12-17-2009, 10:33 PM
Some notes I made while using the phone in London from another post here a few months back. You may find answers to your specific questions in the two links towards the end of the post...
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A co-worker loaned me a phone to buy a SIM card for. I used that for local calls in London last June. I did not use the loaner phone for local calls the day I went over to Paris.
For the very few long distance calls I made (in London & Paris back to the USA), I did use the iPhone. I paid $6 for one month to get the Long Distance Plan rates which wasn't that much cheaper (I think it was $1.29 without the plan, $0.99 with the plan).
I enabled WiFi where I could to retrieve email and check on internet for stuff. For email, I turned PUSH feature to OFF while I was there. I kept the Airplane Mode enabled unless I wanted to make a call.
If you get any data pushed while you are there without a plan, I believe the charge is $20/MB -- so be careful. I reset my data stats to zero to keep an eye on data income/outgoing, I was successful in keeping that to zero. (It was my understanding that incoming texts and voice mail was a hit against data? Not sure about that.)
Info on phone configuration to minimize cost impacts: http://www.wireless.att.com/answer-cente...olutionTab&solutionId=KB95509
Other International Questions: https://www.wireless.att.com/support/con...al-support
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A co-worker loaned me a phone to buy a SIM card for. I used that for local calls in London last June. I did not use the loaner phone for local calls the day I went over to Paris.
For the very few long distance calls I made (in London & Paris back to the USA), I did use the iPhone. I paid $6 for one month to get the Long Distance Plan rates which wasn't that much cheaper (I think it was $1.29 without the plan, $0.99 with the plan).
I enabled WiFi where I could to retrieve email and check on internet for stuff. For email, I turned PUSH feature to OFF while I was there. I kept the Airplane Mode enabled unless I wanted to make a call.
If you get any data pushed while you are there without a plan, I believe the charge is $20/MB -- so be careful. I reset my data stats to zero to keep an eye on data income/outgoing, I was successful in keeping that to zero. (It was my understanding that incoming texts and voice mail was a hit against data? Not sure about that.)
Info on phone configuration to minimize cost impacts: http://www.wireless.att.com/answer-cente...olutionTab&solutionId=KB95509
Other International Questions: https://www.wireless.att.com/support/con...al-support