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Uh, why would you leave it on global mode if you are in the USA?

Haha no real reason. I just had turned it on like that to test some things, forgot about it, and left it on overnight.

Makaval:

I also have had my phone on Ekit's "global" mode in the U.S. while I checked some features. I never had odd text messages. Did you try checking your account balance by dialing 187 or *126*187# . You generate a text message. In my test the messages were fine with no odd characters.

I have checked my balance with *126*187# while in "global" mode in the US and this works fine! My phone actually shows the balance in a pop-up thing immediately and then receives a text a few minutes later saying the same thing. I'm not sure what the random text messages were, but they were from "eKit", so it seems like they have something to do with the service. I left it on again over last night to see and didn't get any of those messages so maybe it was just a weird day hehe. Either way, I don't mind because it doesn't impact the service at all.

Just to clarify, I assume the phone must be in "global" mode to work in Canada? Or does "US" mode work?

US mode works very well in Canada.

Incoming calls received via the UK DID are free, those received via the US DID are $0.19/minute with no connect fee.

Just got back from first Europe trip (Switzerland) with my Telestial eKit sim. Very very pleased. Received calls via my US number with 100% reliability. Sending and receiving texts worked perfectly also, including receiving texts sent to my US number. (Texts never worked with my Sim4Travel sim.)

So far so good...will test in France next week.

Kupe

Is there a deal here for UM losers? I like the idea of this card, with the two numbers and would proabaly jump. I cannot seem to find the dual IMSI cards on their website though?

The Canada part is what made me buy it. The strange thing is that it is cheaper to use this phone in Canada than Canadian prepaid SIMs if you are out of the local area in which it was issued (and that is a very small area). My Rogers SIM is for the Windsor area. I'm "roaming" by the time I'm hitting London, ON. Ugh.

Go to www.telestial.com

Normally not a big fan of telestial as they rip you off big time for local sim cards tripling or quadrupling the price but they seem to be the only people selling the dual ekit card in North America at the present time.