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IF you travel abroad on a regular basis, you’ve probably learnt the hard way how expensive cell phone expenses can become once crossing South African borders.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
IF you travel abroad on a regular basis, you’ve probably learnt the hard way how expensive cell phone expenses can become once crossing South African borders.<\/p>\n
Still, there are ways to save yourself a staggering phone bill if you really need to stay connected when travelling.<\/p>\n
Buy a local SIM card<\/strong><\/p>\n Most travelers don’t realise how easy it is to replace a phone’s SIM card with a local one. Prepaid SIM cards are cheap and it’s easy to load data. Incoming calls are generally free and outgoing calls (local and international) are substantially cheaper as well.<\/p>\n Keep in mind a new SIM card also means a new phone number. If friends and family need to get hold of you, let them know what your new, temporary number while travelling is.<\/p>\n Unfortunately, just like in South Africa, you need to go through the tedious RICA process. To save yourself time and effort, make sure you have the necessary documentation at hand for a painless registration.<\/p>\n Buy a SIM card before leaving<\/strong><\/p>\n Execmobile\u00a0<\/a>or\u00a0Flyconnected<\/a>\u00a0allows you to buy a SIM card before you even board the plane – less hassles when you’re in a foreign land.<\/p>\n Maxroam<\/a>\u00a0also provides a prepaid SIM service which can be used in more than 200 countries.<\/p>\n \u00a0Skype or TruPhone<\/strong><\/p>\n Register as a Skype<\/a> user before leaving and buy call credits. Because it’s a data call and not a traditional phone call, calls can cost as little as 2 cent per minute.<\/p>\n Skype is dependent on your internet connection and unfortunately this influences the quality and stability of your calls.<\/p>\n International call cards<\/strong><\/p>\n Call cards give travelers the opportunity to use land lines, phone booths and in some cases, even cell phones.<\/p>\n Most airports and convenience stores sell these cards which provide relatively cheap international tariffs. You can also purchase an international call card in South Africa.<\/p>\n Switch off your data services!<\/strong><\/p>\n The easiest, cheapest and simplest solution still remains switching off your data services before you travel overseas.<\/p>\n Even though you’re not intentionally using data, applications could still be downloading updates in the background or try to establish a connection.<\/p>\n More information on service providers’ roaming services:<\/p>\n Cell C<\/a> [BRON: www.about.com en www.moneyweb.co.za]<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tog is daar maniere om te bespaar wanneer dit steeds noodsaaklik is om per telefoon beskikbaar te wees.<\/p>\n Koop `n plaaslike SIM-kaart\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Meeste reisigers weet nie dat hul foon se SIM-kaart met `n plaaslike SIM-kaart vervang kan word nie.<\/p>\n Voorafbetaalde simkaarte is goedkoop en maklik om data op te laai. Inkomende oproepe is normaalweg gratis en uitgaande oproepe (plaaslik en internasionaal) is ook aansienlik goedkoper.\u00a0<\/p>\n Hou in gedagte dat, wanneer jy `n ander SIM-kaart in jou foon sit, jy ook `n nuwe selfoonnommer gaan kry. \u00a0Stuur die nuwe nommer aan jou kontakte as jy bereikbaar wil wees gedurende jou oorsese besoek.<\/p>\n Soos in Suid-Afrika, moet jy ook oorsee deur die RICA-proses gaan. Sorg dat jou dokumentasie in plek is om tyd en moeite te spaar.\u00a0<\/p>\n Koop ‘n SIM-kaart voordat jy vertrek<\/strong><\/p>\n Execmobile <\/a>of Flyconnected<\/a>\u00a0gee aan jou die geleentheid om `n SIM-kaart te bekom selfs voordat jy op die vliegtuig klim – minder moeite as jy in die vreemde sit.<\/p>\n Maxroam<\/a> verskaf ook `n voorafbetaalde SIM-kaart wat in meer as 200 lande gebruik kan word.<\/p>\n \u00a0Skype of TruPhone<\/strong><\/p>\n Registreer as Skype<\/a>-gebruiker voor jy vertrek en koop krediete om oproepe te maak.\u00a0<\/p>\n Oproepe kan so min as 2 sent per minute kos, omdat dit data is en nie `n tradisionele oproep nie.<\/p>\n Skype se enigste nadeel is die betroubaarheid en kwaliteit van oproepe wat onderhewig is aan jou internetverbinding.\u00a0<\/p>\n Internasionale belkaarte<\/strong><\/p>\n Belkaarte laat jou toe om gewone landlyn-fone, telefoonhokkies en in sommige gevalle, selfs selfone te gebruik.<\/p>\n Lughawens en gerieflikheidswinkels verkoop di\u00e9 kaarte, wat relatiewe goedkoop internasionale tariewe bied. Jy kan ook ‘n internasional belkaart in Suid-Afrika koop.\u00a0<\/p>\n Sit af jou datadienste!<\/strong><\/p>\n Die eenvoudigste, veiligste en goedkoopste opsie is om alle datadienste af te skakel voor jy oorsee gaan.<\/p>\n Selfs al gebruik jy nie bewustelik data nie, kan toepassings op die agtergrond data gebruik om \u00a0opdaterings te doen, of `n verbinding te probeer bewerkstellig.<\/p>\n Meer inligting oor diensverskaffers se “roaming” dienste:\u00a0<\/p>\n
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<\/a>MTN<\/a><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/div>\nIndien jy gereeld oorsee reis, het jy waarskynlik al op die harde manier geleer dat selfoonkostes buitensporig duur raak wanneer jy Suid-Afrika se grense verlaat.<\/p>\n