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22/11/2012
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Hiring specific package can avoid surprises at the time of paying the links
Who is traveling outside Brazil on vacation should take care when using the phone to not be surprised by the collection at the end of the month: the account can not exceed R$ 6,000.
Prices charged by four operators with greater participation in the cell phone market - Vivo, TIM, Claro and Oi - to make calls and access the internet outside of Brazil.
To get insurance for access to the internet course entitles to 5 GB, the consumer will have to spend R$ 6,299.90 per month - a figure that could afford a trip to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
A voice plan (links) the course of 500 minutes, for example, may reach R$ 1,999.90 per month. That means you will pay this amount to talk about 15 minutes a day to travel the entire month.
There are cheaper packages, like Tim, which costs R$ 29.90 per day and gives 50 minutes to talk of countries located in the Americas, Europe and Africa. But consumers should be wary: the charge is daily, even if the package is not fully utilized.
Torpedoes also vary greatly from one carrier to another. In Vivo, each SMS costs R$ 1.24 for Brazil and for R$ 1.59 to other countries. Already Tim cost R$ 1.50 for prepaid customers and U$ 0.89 for postpaid.
At Oi, depends on the country of origin. U.S. and Portugal to Brazil, the cost is R$ 1.21. Of the Americas - except the United States - SMS costs R$ 1.40. In other countries, the value is R$ 1.77.
In the Claro, each message costs U$ 0.60, regardless of the country.
Prices paid in packet data (web browsing by phone) deserve further attention, as most carriers do megabytes consumed per packet. However, there is an easy way to know how many MB used the consumer.
Furthermore, when the contracted plan ends, starts charging spare, which is still more expensive. The loose MB costs R$ 33 in TIM; R$ 18 or R$ 28 on the Claro (depending on country) and R$ 27.90 to R$ 33.48 in Oi (depending on country).
Vivo has a package for 27 countries - including the United States, Argentina, Spain and Portugal - from R$ 24.90 to navigate at will for 24 hours. However, the customer carrier to travel to a country that is not on this list, such as Japan, for example, will pay R$ 27.99 per MB.
Tips to Save
One option is to hire consumer services in local operators.
AT & T, the telephone company in the United States, has prepaid U$ 65 for smartphones with voice packet (local) and SMS (local) and 1GB unlimited data plan.
For non-smart devices, there is a plan for U$ 50, which entitles the voice, data and unlimited messages for local use. These plans are cheaper than those offered by the Brazilian operators, and you can talk with friends and family using social networks.
If the customer needs NAI package of voice and messaging sites, but want to use the internet on the phone, the Mifi is an outlet, a device that offers wireless connection for up to five devices (mobile phones, tablets and notebooks).
At Virgin, U.S. carrier, you can buy the device for U$ 99 and 5GB plan for U$ 55 with unlimited 4G connection.
Source: R7 News
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