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Old May 18, 2012 | 04:56 PM
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My daughter and her military husband are supposed to get transferred to Germany [Bamberg] I think in august. My question to you guys is who is the best cell phone provider over there and is there some type of American satellite television over there. I was stationed there in the mid 70's in Kitzingen and loved my tour there and my daughter is also excited about going over there. I told them to get out and meet the folks and go traveling. Thanks for any info
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Hey, Rick. Post this in Off Topic. You will get a better result. mike...
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T-Mobile is the best to use. AFRTS does offer satellite TV. Germany is a blast. I lived in Stuttgart for 5 years.

And they should learn to speak German!!!!! It will make their time much more enjoyable.

And French too if they can.
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Hey, Rick. Post this in Off Topic. You will get a better result. mike...
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Great idea I will repost it over there
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T-Mobile is the best to use. AFRTS does offer satellite TV. Germany is a blast. I lived in Stuttgart for 5 years.

And they should learn to speak German!!!!! It will make their time much more enjoyable.

And French too if they can.
I definately agree with the learning of German. I took several courses when I was over there in the 70's
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I was stationed in Kitzingen in the mid-late 80s. Harvey Bcks., 1-15INF.
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Originally Posted by 71scgc
I was stationed in Kitzingen in the mid-late 80s. Harvey Bcks., 1-15INF.
I also was at Harvey barracks but it was when the 3rd Infantry division was still there 1974 thru summer of 1976. two and one half years there and enjoyed it
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Call and talk to some of the major cell phone carriers about their international plans.

I travelled though Germany many times and had a blast. Ktown, Rhein Mein, Ramstein, Sembach. Beautiful country. When I lived in Italy, I travelled around the country as much as I could to experience the culture. Learning some basic German before they go would be very helpful. Congrats and good luck to them.
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cellphone I would suggest also T-Mobile . American Television you can get through various satellites, but for payment I think.

Best Regards and welcome to Germany

Frank
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Originally Posted by wnmech
My daughter and her military husband are supposed to get transferred to Germany [Bamberg] I think in august. My question to you guys is who is the best cell phone provider over there and is there some type of American satellite television over there. I was stationed there in the mid 70's in Kitzingen and loved my tour there and my daughter is also excited about going over there. I told them to get out and meet the folks and go traveling. Thanks for any info
Use Skype, it is a great and free tool.
I use it everyday here from Denmark to India/Sri Lanka. And it works perfect.
Remember that you also can "call out" from Skype, that means you can call from a PC to a phone/cellphone. This cost a bit of money, but not much. This is called "Skype out"
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Use Skype, it is a great and free tool.
I use it everyday here from Denmark to India/Sri Lanka. And it works perfect.
Remember that you also can "call out" from Skype, that means you can call from a PC to a phone/cellphone. This cost a bit of money, but not much. This is called "Skype out"
Great idea thanks I didnt even think about skype. My daughter and her husband used it regularly last year when he was in Iraq.
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Originally Posted by wnmech
Great idea thanks I didnt even think about skype. My daughter and her husband used it regularly last year when he was in Iraq.
No problem, have a great day in Texas
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