The New York Times‘s Matt Gross, aka the Frugal Traveler (whose work I’ve praised in the past), has a good post about how to stay in touch cheaply when you’re traveling abroad.
He discusses SIM cards (so you can get a local number), Skype (to make voice calls via the Web), and Fring (a service that allows you to, among other things, use Skype from your mobile phone).
Related newley.com posts:
- Bangkok, Maine? (about my misadventures with SkypeOut)
- How to Use Skype: A Tutorial (check this out if you’re new to Skype)
- Calling from Thailand to the US (about using a mobile or fixed line phone to make VoIP calls from the Kingdom)