Re: Avoiding International Roaming Gotchas

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From: Gillard = Rudd in a frock
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 05:45

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On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 13:55:17 +1000, Nom-de-plume
<you.are.joking@right.net> wrote:

>On Sun, 08 Aug 2010 16:11:22 +1000, Rod Speed wrote:
>
>> Nom-de-plume wrote:
>> 
>>> Anyone see any problems with this strategy for avoiding international
>>> roaming gotchas (including lebara SPAM)?
>> 
>>> 1  unconditional diversion of all voice calls to voicemail;
>> 
>>> 2  voicemail message to ask callers to send urgent messages only by SMS,
>>> or use email.
>> 
>> You wont get the SMSs without getting slugged for them.
>> 
>>> The intention is to avoid the fees and charges gotchas.
>> 
>> Doesnt work.
>
>I'm happy to accept the cost of urgent messages.  If there is a cheaper
>way of getting them, that would be good.  Is there a cheaper
>way?

Skype?

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