Pre-pay phones for skiing

[Kevin O'Connor]

On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 04:08:12PM +0100, Jes Sorensen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Anthony and I were just chatting to Anthony about cell phones for the
> ski trip.
> 
> I checked with Swisscom and they offer pre-paid phones, with a SIM card
> and CHF 10 in credit for CHF 49. Normally they charge CHF 40 for the SIM
> card itself, so it's not a bad deal.
> 
> If anyone is interested, I can go pick up a stack of phones and bring
> them with me. The Swiss requires you register with a passport, so it
> takes a little time to do the paperwork, but alternatively people
> arriving early can pick up phones at the airport.

I was looking at this earlier also - there are places here in the
States that rent phones for oversees - but it looks like it's about
the same price as just buying a prepaid phone.  My regular phone is
CDMA, so I'll need to pick a phone up.

BTW, is there better coverage from cell towers in France or
Switzerland at the resort?

-Kevin