I'm travelling abroad a bit this year and am trying to figure out how to have relatively inexpensive cell phone service. The place I'm renting in Italy doesn't have a phone (the place I rented a few years ago didn't either) so I couldn't even make local calls. Sooooo, this year I want to go prepared but don't know how to get cellular phone service. Skype won't work because I'll want to just get in touch with friends/family on the spot and say, "Hey, how about dinner or a visit over capuccino or wine?" Does anyone have advice? i just read about CellularAbroad where you can purchase a phone - they seem to be country specific, though, and then purchase a card with minutes. Has anyone used them? Thanks.