When it comes to using your cell phone while traveling abroad, it’s hard to escape the feeling that you can’t win, that the cellular deck is stacked against you. Somewhere along the way, no matter what your strategy is, you’re going to face some sort of fee that makes you scratch your  head in wonder, amazement or just plain irritation. Is it the $18.95 per megabyte fee for international data? Is it the $4.99 per minute for international calls? Is it the one country not on your international calling plan that just happens to be the country to where you’re traveling? I’m looking at you Fiji. When I consider the machinations of international calling, I can’t help thinking of Joshua, the computer in the 1983 movie “Wargames.” “The only winning move is not to play.”

That’s not really an option. If you’re going to travel internationally, you are almost certainly Continue reading “Phoning it In, Part III: Using Wifi to Make Calls” →