Pre-pay phones for skiing

[Jes Sorensen]

On 01/19/11 04:27, Kevin O'Connor wrote:
> 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?

It's a bit of a loose loose situation due to the mountains, the phones
will roam though. French prepay is notoriously expensive and they
aggressively expire your credit, whereas the Swiss phones generally stay
active as long as there is activity on the card once per year or so.

Cheers,
Jes