Which is better, driving in America, roaming internationally or buying an Internet card?

Myth 1: Why not just make a fortune in Weibo, look at everyone and browse the space, there is not much traffic?

With the popularity of smart phones today, surfing the Internet with mobile phones has become a part of people's lives. Traveling abroad, seeing delicious food and fun, taking a photo and sharing it with others on Weibo is really pleasant. As everyone knows, after you send these Weibo bills, it is very likely that your phone bill of several thousand dollars will be sent home.

However, isn't it just sending a few Weibo? Don't need too much traffic!

However, if you knew how much foreign traffic per m was, you probably wouldn't think so. According to the latest international roaming tariff concessions given by China Mobile on August 20th11,the lowest international roaming GPRS traffic tariff is 10.24 yuan /m, and the highest is 5 1.2 yuan /M. If this is not enough surprise, then the 200 yuan/m of China Unicom in Brunei, Mongolia and other countries is really.

Myth 2: Don't you need money to receive text messages?

It is indeed free to accept ordinary short messages, but it requires data traffic to accept multimedia messages and all kinds of messy mobile phone newspapers and service multimedia messages. Unconsciously, your mobile phone bill began to be "heavily in debt"!

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Black hand of telephone bill

Myth 3: Can call forwarding save money?

Many mobile phone users mistakenly believe that not answering the phone or turning off the phone abroad can save telephone bills. Their practice is usually to set up call forwarding for mobile phones. If it is necessary to answer the phone, they will call back with a local phone, but the cost will be higher. Because domestic users call your mobile phone, they have to call the network of overseas operators first, then transfer it to China, and finally send it to you by SMS, which is equivalent to receiving two international calls. Take the customers of Beijing Global Connect as an example. When customers roam to Britain, Britain is a roaming place. If the customer's phone is transferred to the Shanghai number, Shanghai becomes the transfer place. If "Conditional Call Forwarding" is set for this customer, during his roaming, the charge of the call forwarding service used is: 0. 1 1 yuan/minute+Beijing-UK long distance+UK-Shanghai long distance.

Therefore, it is recommended that you do not handle call forwarding. If you really need to handle it, you must consult the relevant operators in detail to understand the details of the tariff and be aware of it.

Overseas mobile roaming charges are so high that there are many traps. Do we really have to choose to turn off the phone or accept the sky-high phone bill? Of course not. Let's take a look at the following tips to save money, so that when you travel abroad, you can have fun and keep your wallet tight!

How to save money?

Roaming overseas and saving money

★ Use local communication facilities.

China people often say, when in Rome, do as the Romans do. When you are in other people's territory, of course, you should make good use of local services. Let's take Europe as an example to introduce some local communication facilities that you may use. Of course, the situation varies from place to place, so it is recommended to do a good job of investigation before departure!

1. Buy a phone card.

One is the traditional telephone card, which can be bought in newsstands and souvenir shops as in China, but the disadvantage is that it is likely to be embarrassed to hang up automatically if there is no money in the middle;

The other is at & amp； T prepaid cards, prepaid cards of different calling units can be purchased in advance in China. Generally, ten calling units can talk for two minutes. After buying, just follow the instructions step by step. The advantage of this card is that it is relatively cheap, and it is relatively convenient to stay in a hotel and dial with the phone in the room. But the disadvantage is that it is very troublesome to use, and not all phones can be used. In some parts of Europe, the old man's mobile phone that can't input voice options can't use this card.

2. Credit card: European airports and some hotels are equipped with public telephones and fax machines dedicated to credit cards. You can read the instructions on the phone carefully before using it, which is convenient, but expensive.

3. Coin phone: When using it, it should be noted that there is a basic call charge for international long-distance calls, and it is impossible to connect in this country only by paying the minimum call charge.

4. Hotel: It should be noted that in most European hotels, even if there is no answer after the call is connected, the charge will start after four or five rings, so it is recommended that there is no answer after four rings, so it is appropriate to hang up and redial. In addition, sometimes the room phone can't make an outside call, let alone an international call. At this time, you need to call the counter or the switchboard to open the telephone line before dialing. Some hotels require guests to pay a deposit of a specified amount before opening.

5. Local telephone office: In many major stations and tourist areas in Europe, it is easy to find telephone offices, and there are many telephone booths. You can go in directly and pay at the counter after making the call.

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★ Buy a local mobile phone

If you travel for more than a month, you'd better buy a local mobile phone. This kind of cheap mobile phone often comes with a phone bill. Usually, the total phone bill is only a quarter of the bill you need to pay for using your mobile phone. And as long as you don't leave the country, you can call and answer the phone at will, and the tariff is the most basic. For example, if you buy a cheap mobile phone with good functions in any big city in India, it may only cost forty or fifty dollars, plus 1000 minutes. However, it should be reminded that not all mobile phones have prepaid minutes to make direct dial calls, so it is best to ask before buying, and don't buy a mobile phone with low cost performance.

★ Change SIM card

If you don't want to change your mobile phone, but you need to call your family frequently to report your trip or negotiate business, you may wish to keep your original mobile phone when you travel, but you must prepare another SIM card to enjoy the more favorable rate than the operator can provide. You can buy local SIM cards abroad or travel SIM cards issued by related companies, both of which can provide you with preferential telephone charges.

When you arrive at your destination, you can consult a tour guide to buy a local phone card, especially in countries with many Chinese. This kind of business is very much, and we often meet our compatriots. You can directly ask them to help you open the service, and then flush the money. This kind of calling card usually costs only a few cents a minute, at most a few dollars, which is much more cost-effective than China Mobile's per minute 10, and Internet access is also very cheap.

★ Try to send a message.

Try to send short messages by mobile phone instead of making phone calls, because the transmission fee of short messages is much cheaper (the price of a short message is generally 1 ~ 2 yuan). But you are likely to take short messages lightly, sending hundreds in a few days, and you will regret it when you pay the bill.

★ Use VoIP

Voice communication technology based on IP address is to use computers or other Internet connection tools to make calls. This is a very popular way to make international long distance calls. To some extent, it is precisely because it is difficult and expensive to make international calls with mobile phones that many people turn to VOIP service, namely Skype, so that people can enjoy preferential rates when they are abroad. As long as you have a wireless connection, you can dial the phone number directly from your laptop via Skype, which costs only 2 cents per minute. In addition, you can download Skype programs and install them on your iPhone. As long as there is a wireless network nearby, such as hotel rooms, Internet cafes, and airport halls, you can make calls by VoIP.

★ Carrying a non-smart phone

Although smart phones make us enjoy surfing the Internet more than ordinary mobile phones, they also consume more traffic. Usually because there are traffic packages in China, it is very painful for every M to go abroad. What is even more exasperating is that there are probably many automatic updates on smartphones, which are even more "invisible and intangible". So before going abroad, consider taking a non-smart phone.

★ Turn off data roaming before going abroad.

Turn off data roaming before going abroad. If you want to use your mobile phone to surf the Internet, you should give priority to the local free Wi-Fi network. Any mobile phone with Wi-Fi function can search whether there is a free wireless network in the local area. If you really need data to roam online, turn it on when you need it, and turn it off immediately after you use it. Doing so can avoid data traffic caused by e-mail, MMS reception and software update.

★ Cancel some customized information services of mobile phones.

Why do I turn off my mobile phone roaming, I don't use my mobile phone to surf the Internet, and I rarely make phone calls, but the cost is amazing? This is caused by some automatic updating tasks of smart phones mentioned above, or some customized MMS in China, such as weather forecast and MMS magazine. These services often "devour" your traffic unconsciously. Therefore, before going abroad, you must call the relevant customer service and temporarily cancel these unnecessary businesses.

★ Open related mobile roaming day packages.

If you don't want to change your mobile phone, card and love the Internet, you may wish to consider various roaming data traffic daily packages provided by telecom operators. The three major telecommunications companies provide related services. Specific tariff information, you can call the relevant customer service for processing.

With this kind of traffic package, you don't have to worry about traffic problems when surfing the Internet. You can also give up phone calls and text messages and choose to use WeChat and QQ to communicate with relatives in China and report your trip. I believe that the phone bill saved is also considerable.

★ For Weibo lovers,

Weibo fans should try their best to browse and post Weibo through the micro-blog client, which takes up much less traffic than the web version.

★ Block the picture

When surfing the Internet, you can save traffic by setting pictures to be blocked.