I don't have personal experience, Nora, but Clark Howard recommends Car Warehouse [link] in the UK. He says you can get a phone for a month for about $20, with calling to the U.S. under 10 cents a minute.
Angel: Yeah, I never told anyone about this, but I-I liked your poems. Spike: You like Barry Manilow.
'Hell Bound'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Ginger - Nov 01, 2011 11:31:34 am PDT #4230 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Polter-Cow - Nov 01, 2011 11:33:53 am PDT #4231 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
But Prime is bound to raise their price soon, dontcha think?
Yes. They will raise their price, incur a large customer outcry, and lower it again.
§ ita § - Nov 01, 2011 11:43:44 am PDT #4232 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm assuming Prime is just streaming, right? Because then I wouldn't have done business with them anyway, even if I didn't have my silly Amazon embargo.
Ha. I just got someone to step off slamming Angel S2. It totally doesn't belong on a list of top 10 worst seasons of SFF TV.
sj - Nov 01, 2011 11:44:07 am PDT #4233 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Nora, my droid would not work in the UK so I ended up renting a phone from verizon. Your carrier should be able to let you know. A US charger with an adaptor worked fine though.
§ ita § - Nov 01, 2011 11:49:31 am PDT #4234 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Did you buy a UK SIM, sj?
sj - Nov 01, 2011 11:53:50 am PDT #4235 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
ita, no because I was told it wouldn't work on my phone. I wanted to be able to make calls in the UK and to home. So, renting seemed like a good idea. It was $19.95 plus $1 a minute. So, I used it sparingly.
askye - Nov 01, 2011 11:53:55 am PDT #4236 of 30001
Thrive to spite them
Amazon did add a bunch of streaming content but it's still way behind Netflix.
It's not terribly user friendly to go searching for things. There's no way to search alphabetical within a category and show seasons aren't grouped together.
aurelia - Nov 01, 2011 12:10:22 pm PDT #4237 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Happy birthday, Ginger!
I got to spend a good chunk of my morning doing research on a company named ppstream.
Hee. Nice.
Nora Deirdre - Nov 01, 2011 12:37:08 pm PDT #4238 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Nora, my droid would not work in the UK so I ended up renting a phone from verizon. Your carrier should be able to let you know. A US charger with an adaptor worked fine though.
Where did you rent it? Over here or over there?
Maria - Nov 01, 2011 12:48:18 pm PDT #4239 of 30001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Nora, look at at&t wireless international roaming website before you make any decisions.
You will be fine using an adaptor to charge your cell phone. No neeed to buy another charger over there. Most all current phones use dual-voltage charger these days.
You should turn off data roaming though. International roaming is hella expensive.
Happy birthday, Ginger!