sim cards in Gibraltar, Alicante, Barcelona, Marseilles and Rome

I have an unlocked, Motorola Razr world phone. US carrier is T-mobile.
I've listed the ports-of-call in the subject line. Does anyone know if
temporary sim cards (pre-paid) are available near tourist areas in these
ports? What about general pre-paid (cheep) phones in these ports? Is
it worth it for one day in each port?

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On Mar 16, 11:48*am, Brian K wrote:
I have an unlocked, Motorola Razr world phone. US carrier is T-mobile. *
I've listed the ports-of-call in the subject line. *Does anyone know if
temporary sim cards (pre-paid) are available near tourist areas in these
ports? * What about general pre-paid (cheep) phones in these ports? Is
it worth it for one day in each port?

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Brian,

I know that the SIM card I purchased in Spain (I forget the carrier)
worked in Italy, but I couldn't add minutes/money to it there and I
couldn't find a way to do it online.

On 3/16/2010 8:19 PM, Mark (SF) wrote:
On Mar 16, 11:48 am, Brian wrote:
I have an unlocked, Motorola Razr world phone. US carrier is T-mobile.

I've listed the ports-of-call in the subject line. Does anyone know if
temporary sim cards (pre-paid) are available near tourist areas in these
ports? What about general pre-paid (cheep) phones in these ports? Is
it worth it for one day in each port?

The site below offers Spanish sim cards. You can use the cards all over
Europe. The benefit is calls received in Spain don't incur charges at
all (though calls in Gibraltar might if you didn't preselect Spanish
Vodafone). They list other per minute charges. I don't think $55 is
cheap, but I don't know how much time you want to spend on the phone.
http://www.spainsim.com/


Brian,

I know that the SIM card I purchased in Spain (I forget the carrier)
worked in Italy, but I couldn't add minutes/money to it there and I
couldn't find a way to do it online.

That's an important consideration. This company does allow online
top-up, but it may take 10 days, i.e. not really useful.