Just Say NO to Pre-Paid International SIM cards!

If you have been scouring the web for the cheapest form of voice calling from across the globe there is no doubt you have run into the pre-paid offerings of our competitors. These companies offer pre-paid SIM cards that you put into their rented phones and can be used in a few countries with some savings. Let me be the first to warn you that this method of global communications is severely flawed.

1. Many prepaid cards will work only in your destination country. This means that if you go from Italy to Greece your phone will not work at all since it is setup only for single country use.

2. Many pre-paid cards have their voicemail and instruction prompts in the destination countries language. So unless you are fluent in Greek, Italian, French and German you had better look elsewhere.

3. Most of these prepaid SIM cards have numbers from odd countries such as Lichtenstein or Iceland. This means people calling you would need to dial these far fetched destinations to reach you on your rented cellular. You had better check with your long distance company because the direct dial rates to the countries can be as high as $8.00/minute.

4. Since these cards are pre-paid you will have to “pre-pay” for all of your usage, usually in large bundles of minutes. Now, if these minutes run out or expire you had better hope that the rental companies offices are opened so that you can give them your credit card again and reload your phones SIM card. If you have no airtime left or cannot reach the rental company then you are really up a creek.

Global Cellular Rental helps you avoid all of this by offering pre-paid rates with the major convenience of post paying for your bill. Yes, you can take our phones to almost any destination in the world and it will never turn off due to airtime expiration or exceeded usage limits. You are free to talk to whomever, from wherever and as much as you would like to. All of our phones have English voice prompts and work seamlessly in hundreds of countries. Check out our website at www.GlobalCellularRental.com and compare the safety, security and value of our postpaid services. We will NEVER leave you stranded.

David