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And Telestial Passport (which seems to be another Manx sim BTW) has 210 entries in the "Calling From:" list in their calculator: http://www.telestial.com/view_product.php?...CT_ID=MSIM-PP01 I think that they just implemented the "wishful thinking" calculator from callblue: http://www.callblue.com/website/Rate-Calculator.html which also shows posibility of calling from Myanmar :P |
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I think the truth is closer to what a Myanmar travel agency says "Q - How about GSM phone connection in Myanmar? A- Myanmar GSM or mobile phone service support network for local users only and no network traffic for global phone users. Therefore, if you bring your phone into Myanmar, formally you will have to leave it at custom desk on arrival until your departure. " I'm curious on the Yackie satellite B capability. Wonder if this has to do with the Orange-IL/Iridium agreement? |
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However, satphone roaming is not so good solution in any country even if rates themeselves are reasonable because it requires using an expensive and heavy handset and there's no indoor coverage.... |
Hi Everyone,
I was away few days in Europe. Validity of the card is it said in the FAQ : 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. validity of the card is for ever as long as it is used at least once every 6 months. Upon activation you have completed the first 6 month and therefore you have another 6 month before card goes dead. Card minimum life is 12 months. Now for Satellite roaming, I will correct that. This is not roaming country but a possible calling destination. Thank you |
Just to let you know - we will start shipping again end of next week.
First batch was sold in a blink. We shall resume shipping by thursday 15th. I apologize for the delay. There shall be no more shortage. Thank you Florian |
Just another questions :)
Q: Can I make data connections? A: Yes you can use data services in countries that allow data roaming. To get a list of available countries for data roaming, please call your local operator. What does "local operator" mean and what are the rates for data roaming? And another one: Don't you think that it would be useful to enable auto-recharging e.g. when the balance drops below $10 or to enable recharging directly from the phone (activated via USSD, SMS, DTMF). Now there's a risk of running out of credit on the end of the world where there's no access to internet (and, what follows, to the Yackie website :)). |
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For now, DATA is only available in Israel +972. Data roaming agreements are being discussed *now*. In Sept. 06 we expect to have DATA available at over 60 destinations. Quote:
This is a great feature. But CC merchant accounts, security, and payment methods are difficult issues. For security reasons we do not have access to cc numbers. If someone has some experience on the subject, feel free to share :bye2: |
I have an interesting thought on data roaming. If you surf over to blackberryforums.com, you'll note that on many carriers we used to be able to use Blackberry service at ordinary data rates if we had a Blackberry Enterprise account.
(Search keywords BYO Blackberry). Most carriers blocked the necessary ports in order to pursh Blackberry subscriptions, but they need to leave these ports open to roamers. Thus, my Blackberry works in the UAE even though the local provider does not have Blackberry service. Blackberry roaming is very data efficient because very little information is downloaded unless you "pull it down" manually. E.g. you only get three or four lines of text unless you ask for more. If you could just arrange for a clear pathway to these BES's and billed GPRS at the standard roaming data rate it would make your SIM very attractive to corporate drones. |
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BTW i was an ex-blackberry user and since MS has added AKU mail push to WM5 - i only use MS Windows Mobile devices. |
I prefer the Windows Media platform. Cingular's unlimited international Blackberry plan is what pushed me into the other camp. One of these days, I will pass their puke test.
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Ok, I will see if our merchant account delivers a mobile solution. Anyway, i think we can still do it over the telephone.
By contacting our customer service via a short code, you can recharge manually by telephone (I will check if this is possible :lol: ). |
What about doing a "reserve" against a credit card similar to what hotels and rental car agencies do.
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I think we can have an automated recharging procedure for customers using a cc. We need to check this issue with our merchant account. I will let you know. |
Not sure if this has been mentioned. Call credit balance cannot be checked from the phone. It can only be done from the website. Not a big deal if there is internet access
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Unless the business plan assumes that, taking into account all the features above, people will buy huge amounts of air-time credit in order not to run out of it suddenly ;) |
You can indeed check your credit balance directly from the phone. ;)
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I actually had a chat session via their website, during which I asked if it could be done and if it was a free call. The respondant said no, but that they were working on making it possible. And, that the only option at the moment is via the website
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Has anyone here ordered this but me? Cisake said here (and a day later posted on their web) that they won't have product to ship til at least Thurs. (June 14).
(I ordered thru this site by clicking on the Yackie logo above so that www.prepaidgsm.net gets credit.) Since I am on the opposite coast, i probably won't get it til the end of next week at the earliest. I don't know how they are shipping. The only complaint so far is: I wish they would have informed me they weren't able to ship when i placed the order last week. They should have at least sent an email. I did get immediate confirmation of the order. If it weren't for the fact i frequent this site, i wouldn't have seen Cisake's post about delayed shipment dates. This company is the ONLY one who has had a "rep" taking pointed questions AND listening to potential users. I remember emailing a question to another "startup" mentioned here (can't remember name) and never got an answer. Maybe they didn't get off the ground. As i recall, they were going to offer U.S. numbers also. ...mike |
Thanks Mike.
Shipping has resumed partially on Friday and tomorrow the rest will be shipped out. I will let you know. |
I tried to purchase one but theres no US numbers to select from. Whats going on with this?
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I noticed that too. You may need to contact them directly.
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but: i did not get any confirmation email for the buy. Is that normal or the system just a bit slow? Chris |
I also went through the motions but saw no US-based numbers listed. BTW, I found it interesting that Yackie lists good rates for Korea but nothing for Japan. I found this curious since neither country has any GSM. I didn't notice any notes on Korea that you needed to use either a 3G phone or rent a special CDMA phone at the airport.
Except for the high set-up costs this looks like a pretty good SIM for at least the US, UK or FR based travelers; as long as you don't mind picking up the tab for the forwarding. |
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i just tried it again. See attached screenshot. Plenty of US-Numbers there. http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/5158/yackus0oj.th.jpg chris |
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Yeah, they definitely werent there when I posted about it also, its good that they are there now though.
Thanks for the info. |
For those of you that have ordered this sim, please post a review as soon as you've got a chance to use it.
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Now lets see how fast they deliver. My girlfriend will fly to USA and Canada end of July - this will be the first big test for the card. Greetings, Chris |
For anyone interested, Yackie now has local numbers for several countries and several US cities too. I placed an order yesterday.
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also without surcharge. What a pity that i ordered my card already some time ago. Now i could get a Frankfurt number. That would be much cheaper to call from cellphones in germany than the US-number i got now. Lets see if they might swap numbers :) Chris |
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It seems that the UK has the most choice of numbers, maybe every area code, and from different providers.
They offer a UK mobile number as an option, but those on offer are not actually mobile numbers but personal ones that cost rather more to call eg 50p or actually barred from some mobile networks. So I hope that nobody goes for these, as they could get a nasty shock on call diversion, or complaints from friends and family |
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"personal ones that cost rather more to call eg 50p" If I understand the above correctly, it's very expensive to call such a number. In such a case, some part of those 50p could be used to cover 24 cents of Yackie incoming rate. You ask who pays then - CPPays ;) |
Regarding the question about two numbers on one SIM, I sent this email and received this reply:
------------------------------------------------------- Are you guys shipping SIMs yet? Also, can I have a SIMCARD with TWO PHONE NUMBERS assigned to it? If so, what is the charge for ordering? Thank you Dave (bones boy) ------------------------------------------------------- Good Afternoon, The feature that you are interested in is not yet available but is under development. If you need any further assistance, please don?t hesitate to contact us. YackieSupport ------------------------------------------------------- As you can see they did not respond to my question of when in the world will these SIMs be received... :whistle: |
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They can be forwarded to international mobiles for example, so will be useful to some, but still some are more expensive than the actual destination. So, if the Israel number of the SIM was able to be called, and thus avoided the Yackie forwarding charge, then you could have a point, but that seems unlikely at the moment, so gains no advantage over a UK mobile diversion to the landline number, from inclusive minutes. |
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