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Looking 4 A Global SIM
I have an unlocked quad band phone (850/900/1800/1900) and am looking for a
global SIM with the following characteristics: -UK phone number -Free incoming calls to the UK, France and Spain -Voicemail -Credit that doesn't expire in 30-45 days -Doesn't use 'callback' for long distance calls placed from the phone -Inexpensive calls to the USA -Top-up from the Internet Can anyone in the group recommend a SIM with those characteristics? Thank you for any help. |
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Looking 4 A Global SIM
"Newby" wrote in message ... I have an unlocked quad band phone (850/900/1800/1900) and am looking for a global SIM with the following characteristics: -UK phone number -Free incoming calls to the UK, France and Spain -Voicemail -Credit that doesn't expire in 30-45 days -Doesn't use 'callback' for long distance calls placed from the phone -Inexpensive calls to the USA -Top-up from the Internet Can anyone in the group recommend a SIM with those characteristics? Good luck. When you excluded the use of a callback system you pretty much sunk the boat. Check www.prepaidgsm.net -- Donald R. Newcomb DRNewcomb (at) attglobal (dot) net |
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Looking 4 A Global SIM
Newby wrote:
I have an unlocked quad band phone (850/900/1800/1900) and am looking for a global SIM with the following characteristics: -UK phone number -Free incoming calls to the UK, France and Spain -Voicemail -Credit that doesn't expire in 30-45 days -Doesn't use 'callback' for long distance calls placed from the phone -Inexpensive calls to the USA -Top-up from the Internet Can anyone in the group recommend a SIM with those characteristics? Thank you for any help. Check with Vodafone. |
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Looking 4 A Global SIM
"Newby" wrote in message
... I have an unlocked quad band phone (850/900/1800/1900) and am looking for a global SIM with the following characteristics: -UK phone number -Free incoming calls to the UK, France and Spain -Voicemail -Credit that doesn't expire in 30-45 days -Doesn't use 'callback' for long distance calls placed from the phone -Inexpensive calls to the USA -Top-up from the Internet Can anyone in the group recommend a SIM with those characteristics? Thank you for any help. World Global card UK phone number - yes Free incoming calls to the UK, France and Spain yes Voicemail yes and free online voicemail Credit that doesn't expire in 30-45 days yes Top-up from the Internet - yes Uses call back and calls USA are not to cheap -- www.experimentalist.co.uk/shop/index.php Global sim cards & Satellite Phones. |
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Looking 4 A Global SIM
On Apr 16, 12:18 am, "Newby" wrote:
I have an unlocked quad band phone (850/900/1800/1900) and am looking for a global SIM with the following characteristics: -UK phone number -Free incoming calls to the UK, France and Spain -Voicemail -Credit that doesn't expire in 30-45 days -Doesn't use 'callback' for long distance calls placed from the phone -Inexpensive calls to the USA -Top-up from the Internet Can anyone in the group recommend a SIM with those characteristics? Thank you for any help. As Donald Newcomb already replied, it isn't going to be as simple as you hope, and study PPGSM a bit. From the UK only, there are quite good rates for USA: an add-on option on T-mobile at 4p/min, or Orange CallAbroad or MobileWorld at 5p/min. MW is an mvno from Carphone Warehouse, a large dealer chain. For roaming, of actual UK networks, look at Vodafone and O2. Vodafone has a scheme called Passport, which uses the home tariff plus a connect fee of 75p per call; thus incoming calls cost just that, and outgoing will be 30p or 10p off-peak. But that is to the UK, so you will need another arrangement as well O2 has 3 roaming deals, My Europe, single country - Spain and My Europe Extra. The first has all calls (in and out) in about 30 countries at 35p/min. The others are similar, having incoming calls free, outgoing to the other European countries 25p/min; My Europe Extra costs a moonthly fee of £10 amonth, the Spanish version £5 a month. Again you will need to make use of another arrangement to reach USA cheaply. You could set up a callthrough account to reach USA, maybe a calling card with UK access, or maybe a Betamax VoIP account like Voipcheap or Voipbuster. This would need to be set up with the UK as home country, then you have a callthough access that will cost 1 eurocent a minute on top of the UK-bound cost. Or you could use callback to the roaming UK SIM, to get below the indigenous SIM tariffs. There are plenty of Isle of Man numbered global SIM brands, but all global SIMs use callback. Many providers, but not all, count Isle of Man mobile numbers as a UK number. As you can see, you will probably have to resign yourself to using callback and/or callthrough arrangements, but this will allow you much cheaper calls. If you are going to other countries besides those mentioned, then look on the operators pages at PPGSM; for example Blauworld in Germany has cheap rates for direct-dialled int'l calls, and there are several in other countries |
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