As far as I know: NO.
 

As far as I know: NO.

They do not send out reminders. You have to keep track yourself of expiration dates. The 15 months to recharge is from the last recharge. It is shown on line in your account.

Are you sure it is 805? and not 508?
 

Hello, are you sure that the area code is 805 and not 508 ?

I just got a SIM from a new to me eBay seller and got a 508 area code.

Mine is definitely an 805 area code. I have no idea how they get assigned.

I got a 631 Southampton, Long Island, NY area code. Think they may try to give you an area code somewhat close to where you live (although I live in CT). The chip currently resides in my watch phone :)

I know the e-kit guy monitors this board; or at least he or she did at one time in the past. If so, that is the one big downer of e-kit. Why can't people choose their area code from those available. I wanted a NYC area code (there are about 5 of them) to make call forwarding from my landline a viable option but they told me I couldn't get one; yet somebody on one of the blogs complained they had gotten a NYC area code.......it doesn't seem that doing this would present such a logistical challenge, does it?

I'd imagine they could even charge an extra $5 or $10 for user-specified AC.

Can you use forwarding via a Google Voice account to bridge across the area codes, or is there always an extra welcome message or conditional action required by the caller that takes up time?

Sorry if the question is naive. I have an account, but as they haven't expanded it outside the USA yet, and what's more no longer even allow accounts from outside, I haven't experimented with it much.

My areacode is 646. I have not really checked what state that is. It really does not matter to me, and should not for most US users that will just be forwarding their number to it. Since pretty much all mobiles include nationwide calling. In a few cases, some landlines still charge for long distance, then the areacode could be an issue. My landline is vonage so, not an issue for me.

PS. I went to Jamaica 3 weeks ago, with the hope of using this (and my other sims of course) for incoming calls. Because of the good rate of $019. So, I forwarded my our mobiles and landlines to it. It was absolutely useless for incoming calls. I tested it as soon as we got there. May be 1 in 10 calls came through. I quickly resorted to my other sim card, telna, etc. that charged higher rates, but worked perfectly. So, it's one thing to have a US number, it's another to be able to actually receive calls on it at your destination. Bottom line - always have at least one backup plan.

Bossman...you hit my "problem". My landline doesn't time calls within NYC so I can forward a call to a NYC area code and only pay 9¢ or whatever it costs for as long as I talk...any other area code costs more (I don't have a national ld plan on my landline, don't need it). So what I have to do is forward to my mobile and then forward from the mobile to e-kit.....I don't there's any deterioratin of the calls due to the double hand off so I suppose it's no big deal but 1 fewer step might be a tad more convenient.