semester abroad/cell phones

ExceptionalSea
Tue, 26 Jun 2012 16:19:15 +0000

when i studied in spain i went to a mobile carrier store (they had a mobile carrier called orange which i used, similar to at&t or verizon or what have you in the states) and just bought a cheapie pay-as-you-go phone and added money to it every 2 weeks. i had to go to the store to add money though. i stayed in a small city, so it was fine. if she’s going to be somewhere more remote, i’m not sure if that would work too well.

if there was an emergency or it was late at night and i ran out of money on my phone i would just use my US cell phone. (my parents were nice and were okay with paying the international fees.) i have at&t and i still picked up signal from their “sister” company that was in europe. i’m not sure how much fees my parents ended up paying though.

she will figure it out when she gets there. that’s what most of the people i know did when we studied abroad.