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How can I get internet and phone service internationally on a European vacation?

• Hi guys I'm looking at how I can get internet and cell phone service on my trip to Europe. I have an Acer netbook and I would like to know how I can check emails and things like that. Also, I need to be able to call people for my work, and they should be able to call me back and leave messages. I want to avoid the international roaming charges. I have T-Mobile and they said that I'm basically on my own because they only are officially supporting using the American towers. The one thing they said is that I could use my unlocked phone and buy a prepaid SIM card there and use the phone that way, but that seems unprofessional using a different phone number than usual. It seems like such a simple thing but I can't seem to get any solutions without high prices. Any help or ideas would be much appreciated! Thanks in advance!

• Answer:

  As for Internet most hotels will have wi-fi. Other option is a mi-fi, I'm using one right now. I pay €30 and I get 60GB, once the 60GB is gone I pay another €30... You could try get a sim free mi-fi and a sim with a Internet plan wherever you go ? As for Phone calls, get a skype app for your phone and laptop, the one number can call people around the world at a fixed rate of like 2c a minute. And I'm pretty sure Europe has a fixed roaming charge at I think 29c... I've never had to call people abroad so I haven't really looked in to it.