Comments on: National Geographic Travel Abroad Travel Phone http://irui.ac/archives/2007/07/10/national-geographic-travel-abroad-travel-phone I've seen things you people wouldn't believe Fri, 10 Sep 2010 22:53:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Mikey Leung http://irui.ac/archives/2007/07/10/national-geographic-travel-abroad-travel-phone/comment-page-1#comment-49981 Mikey Leung Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:05:35 +0000 http://irui.ac/archives/2007/07/10/national-geographic-travel-abroad-travel-phone#comment-49981 It doesn't look like the service to Asia is so great.. too bad! $1.00-$2.00 (even in Canada???) per minute is still blazingly more expensive then some of the other local solutions to be had in Asian countries where mobile networks are much more cheap to install than traditional landlines. I think the best solution is to purchase SIM cards locally. I already receive free incoming calls and have done so in a few other Asian countries. (except wait... nobody calls me because I'm always online calling them!) Also, if you need a lot of internet access you're going to want a 3G/EDGE phone for other parts of Asia, where the population is high, the mobile network coverage is excellent, and the rates are cheap because of the above factors. It doesn’t look like the service to Asia is so great.. too bad! $1.00-$2.00 (even in Canada???) per minute is still blazingly more expensive then some of the other local solutions to be had in Asian countries where mobile networks are much more cheap to install than traditional landlines.

I think the best solution is to purchase SIM cards locally. I already receive free incoming calls and have done so in a few other Asian countries. (except wait… nobody calls me because I’m always online calling them!)

Also, if you need a lot of internet access you’re going to want a 3G/EDGE phone for other parts of Asia, where the population is high, the mobile network coverage is excellent, and the rates are cheap because of the above factors.

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