Probably most TLV2JFK readers live a double life – besides taking the kids to school in Ranana – offices in the city, house in Teaneck, family in Queens and of course, a US Cellphone. I don’t – my office, house, family and bank account are all in Ranana. But I needed a phone for a short trip to the states. Cellcom said “Take your good old Israel phone”. They did not really tell me that it will cost more than the flight (I used AA miles!). Option 2 – ask a friend. No luck.
I ended up buying a Virgin Atlantic phone (thanks, Richard Branson) at Radio Shack for $10. Later I saw it at CVS, 7-11, all over the place. Bought time on their website for 10 cents a minute and for $30 I had a phone for 2 weeks. I looked on their site and the deal is even better – free when you buy $15 worth of minutes.
You get your own dedicated number and if you use a service like United World Telecom, you can have calls forwarded either to your US phone or Israel phone, depending on where you are.
Golly, this is even better than working for IDT!
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I just spent lots of shekels using my Cellcom phone in US. Thanks for next time.
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