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2. We all should remember that not every product will suit every person. Eg. Many here are satisfied w. Riiing/United Mobile. It didn't work for my needs. My main needs are a seamless way of getting incoming calls AND a functional VM system. Outgoing calls are important, but secondary. Eg. A Toyota may have some features/design not offered by Honda and vice-versa. Everyone has individual tastes and requirements. 3. I would like to take credit for referring you (Yackie person) to this helpful site. Remember that users here are trying to be "constructively critical". 4. I realize that early users of a product are really beta testers. As such, i wouldn't/won't be publically critical before reporting any glitches to Yackie support. 5. Sales sugggestion: How about offering a "special rate" to anyone who signs up via this web site? Even a 10% discount would help - and word would get around to order via www.prepaidgsm.net. I assume this could be structured so the "site" here gets a commission. This would be a good way to quickly get knowlegeable users on the system before the "retail buyers" come along. ...mike email mike thaler at gmail . com (Close up the spaces<G>) P.S. I should add that altho i am an early adopter in many things electonic, i am not a techie - like some here. I don't do SMS. I don't tie a computer to a cel phone. I hardly know what a Blackberry is. I DO use tons of minutes on a cel phone at home and a fairly modest amount on the road. |
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One problem about Yackie is the fact that it does not have have roaming in most of Arabia. I presume this is due to the Israeli origin of the SIM.
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They do have Jordan, Egypt and Morocco - all arab countries that recognize Israel. And they have Mexico, which I think some of the others didn't/don't have. That could be a big seller for Yackie for U.S. customers. They charge 24? for incoming - less than the 79? i believe Cingular charges and much less than the $1.49 that T-Mobile charges. (Even my grandfathered T-M rates are about $1 as i recall.) An aside, prepaid in Mexico seems to be more expensive than roaming via Cingular last time i checked! Stu - As i recall, you also had/have T-Mobiles old rates of 29? for incoming in many countries, including Israel. ...mike |
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Afghanistan Egypt Morocco Iraq Jordan but end of June we will add more destinations such as : Algeria Tunisia Saudia Arabia Lebanon Koweit Bahrein Libya we are working on our roaming list to provide the most complete coverage. |
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i just talked with a customer of us today who spent 900 euro in saudi arabia last month... he'll be pleased to get a better tariff for his next business trip ;) Chris |
Having a US # is definitely a big plus. I am assuming CBW can be used just like we do with UM. If I am reading CBW's rate correctly, it's 0.08. So, that will bring outgoing calls to 0.32(.24+.08). Assuming incoming calls are 0.24.
Anything will beat Mexico's prepaid rates. It's so damn expensive! |
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BTW, another question to Cizake. I think that each international prepaid should be rechargeable directly from the phone because sometimes it may be difficult ot even impossible to make an online recharge when credit is running out. I mean charging a credit card by using a USSD code, an SMS or DTMF. Of course for fraud protection reasons such transactions might be restricted e.g. at most 5 times a month and no more that $50 at once. Do you think about a solution like this? |
I think I would be very interested when you get area code 310 numbers (could make do with 323 or 213).
I tend to use my mobile in two ways: One for clients to reach me while I am traveling in Europe. And second to make calls back to the US when I don't have broadband internet access (then I use VOIPBuster). Third on the list is for locals to reach me (but a distant third -- most will SMS). For the first I use a CBW 800 number (well, 866). If I am in Switzerland or Germany (where I have national SIMs) I usually fwd to that number, even though it is more expensive, it tends to be more reliable. If I'm elsewhere, I fwd to my UM SIM. I have one of those do-hickies that lets me have two SIMs in the phone (though of course only 1 is active at a time) so its no big deal to switch over to the UM one to make a call with CBW. Anyway, the point of this long ramble is having a US number (in my area code) would be of great value. Even better would be when/if I could also get a German number that would also fwd to the same SIM -- then I'd be in heaven. :) |
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BTW, both the 310 and 323 a/c cover a big area. As i recall, you could have a 323 exchange that would be far enuf away fm. another 323 exchange to incur a LD toll. Make sure, if you have a choice, to pick an exchange that is toll free from your office or home. I have sent in my order but asked that it be held until a "deal" is worked out with the site managers here. ...mike |
You can get a free German DID from Sipbroker and/or Sipgate.de. You can setup a free call director at pabx.com or you can use voxalot to consolidate various inbound and outbound DIDs and setup up a call forward using your 20 hours of minutes, but I would presume that the numbers that jackiemobile is providing are voip based.
Are they sip addressable? Stu |
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Thanks. ...mike |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Session...ation_Protocol |
For DIDs or Virtual numbers, Yackie Mobile will soon provide a list of available numbers online.
We can provide German DID as well as 47 other destinations. US, UK, FR and few other DID are quite cheap. This is why, we offer *one* free number assigned to each SIM card. For German, Russian or Mexican numbers prices are *super* high. Could be $xx per month for some exotic DID. Therefore, we will certainly provide a large choice of DID we offer for *free* and a secondary list of premium DID at cost. BTW, DIDs are not identical. Some are bad - quality, some are not working regularly. We ONLY provide DID bought from national operator. Quote:
No you cannot use the sim SIP address. :( As for CBW... :censored: |
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Cisake - One minor "error" on your FAQ page: Many of the Americas, (north and south) really require a phone to have the ability to operate on the 850 band for full coverage. Panama only has 850 service. Don't know if there are others w. only 850. I know in Argentina there are many areas where there seems to have been 850 only coverage. Your web site says a tri-band 900/1800/1900 phone will suffice. You probably should say that "the user should make sure the phone that will be used will operate on the frequencies in use in the countries being visited. A quad band phone, 850/900/1800/1900 will operate in all areas where YackieMobile provides service." There are a couple of countries w. 1800 service only. Costa Rica is one. ...mike |
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But I don't suggest raising Yackie incoming rates to 49 cents, of course ;) |
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Hate to break the news to you...CBW has no monthly fee.
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I was kiddin' about CBW. We live in a free world.
As for Italian DID, they are not so expensive. We have milano DID in stock :thumbup: - landline of course... |
Poland DID also in stock
Area Codes LandLines (22) Warszawa (61) Poznan (71) Wroclaw I think that like Italian DIDs, they will be offered as a paying option. I cannot tell you a price now, we are working on a pricing list. User will be able to add several DIDs assigned to one SIM card. B) |
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As for roaming in Europe Yackiemobile beats almost all prepaid and postpaid roaming tariffs offered currently by the Polish mobile operators.... |
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Japan isn't listed as one of the serviced countries ... is this going to be possible in the future if you have aphone capable of working there?
no biggie if not, but I'm going to be there for a week and it would be nice to only get one international sim for my whole trip (which lands me in 11 different countries) - Or i might just forego talking on the phone while in Japan as to avoid having to get another sim card. |
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And is there any chance you have thai numbers avilable? Chris |
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i looked into travelSim .. it fails to work in Hong Kong, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Myanmar though ... well nothing really works in Myanmar, and i dont want to call from there either, so thats a moot point. they also have crazy high prices in India 3.00 incomming 4.00 outgoing
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turns out i prolly woulnt want to make calls from myanmar anyway, or email for that matter ... the government reads all outbound emails and can listen to phone convos ... so myanmar is out of the equation how, haha
so it pretty much has come down to yackie or UM for me, which both seem like good deals ... and then which phone to buy ... which Im also not sure on ... any tips on that front? |
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<quote> International Roaming 1.Under negotiation with AIS ( Advanced Info Service ), Thailand. 2.Under negotiation with China Mobile, China. 3.Under Negotiation with Maxxis, Malaysia. </quote> |
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and http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/roa_mmpt.shtml |
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Even the infos provided via the website suggest that there are no roaming possibilities at present, which is the most important, I agree with you :)
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Here for the card validity, it says 1 activity every 12 months, and on the yackie FAQ it says 1 activity every 6 months. One of them has to be a typo. Does not matter much for me, since incoming/outgoing calls are pretty reasonable here in the US. It's really just clarification for others.
http://www.prepaidgsm.net/en/international.html Yackie FAQ Excerpt: Q: When does the Yackie SIM card and airtime credit expire? A: Your Yackie Mobile SIM card will never expire as long as the SIM card is used at least once to make or receive calls every 6 months. Airtime credit will expire after 6 months if no calls were placed or received. |
We should ask cizake, but if I'm now wrong I was told directly by him about the 12 months, but I could have understood it wrong.
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I think that this about roaming with telestial is wrong for the reasons that I and Przemolog have written
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