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Ekit's US SIMple Calling Plus Service no longer does Canada
Ekit's US SIMple Calling Plus Service no longer does Canada. The service they sell no longer claims it works in Canada. In April, when I bought the SIM it said it worked in Canada on 3G only [Bell Mobility & Telus]. No more, apparently.
If anyone is in Canada with any of the ekit SIMple Calling SIMs, I would be curious if they still work there? |
I never trusted ekit, most of their international simcards have very high rates.
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Ekit US+Canada (one I've had for years) worked OK for an outbound call today in British Columbia, using Telus 3G. Call was billed and listed on the billing record as being made from the US, not Canada.
The online account still lists rates for Canada, so it doesn't seem to have been officially withdrawn (yet!). It no longer registers on Rogers 3G (like it did 6 weeks ago), and as before no longer registers on anything on 2G. Clearly it's on the way out, so I'll be using up the balance when I can. T-Mobile US is the better option for a prepaid sim that covers both countries (plus others). |
Well, here is my report
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I have one each of the original US/Canada only from US & UK. They both still show the Canada information. I have 3 [2 US & 1 UK] of their dual phone number SIM that do the whole world. These 3 no longer show Canadian rates with the US rates. The Canadian rates are still the same as before, though. The last and most recent SIM is one I bought in April. It now shows as US only. When I bought it it showed it did Canada also on 3G--this was mentioned in more than one thread here. |
What do people think is going on? This is strange.
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My Guess:: Tweaking the product.
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The eBay listings for both the US and UK sellers still have [as of today 9/10/2012] Canada listed as in the past. Both Bell Mobility and Telus are listed as the 3G [& only 3G] networks for Canada. Perhaps I noticed this change before they got around to updating the eBay listings. Other than the newest SIM, they all show Canadian rates. It would be interesting to know if the very oldest US phone number only SIMple Calling SIMs work only on 3G or not in Canada or work at all. |
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I will also be using up my ekit simple calling card. Have only about US$33 left. Canada roaming sounds less friendly with ekit now, although I haven't gone north of the border recently. Now that AT&T Gophone, T-Mobile Prepaid, and PagePlus/Verizon all have Canada and Mexico roaming, there are several alternatives for trips to Canada.
More important to me, the rates for many countries in the non-US Caribbean are up to $1.49/minute/zone 3 to call back to the US. I paid only 49 cents per minute back in Dec/Jan for an extended trip to the Cayman Islands. At the new rate, I might as well use my Digicel Bermuda sim chip (it roams at cheaper rates), my Iridium satphone or Skype. Also I invariably had to use the *126*number# dial around and callbacks occasionally failed. |
at the moment, for Canada roaming piranhamobile is the best choice , offering US numbers as a standard too.
call back to US costs only $0.22 CALL RATES roaming data to Canada only $0.40 per mb receiving calls in Canada $0.13/min. |
Thanks for the report.
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Update from Ekit Inc
Unfortunately our agreement with Rogers in Canada has been terminated. At the moment our Canada service works on the Bell Mobility and Telus networks, which have 3G frequencies of 850 and 1900 MHz. Phones that have these frequencies include: iPhone (5, 4S, 4, 3GS, 3G), Samsung Galaxy SIII, SII and Note, Nokia N8, and any Smartphones purchased from AT&T in the United States.
For those who are unsure on how to look up the frequency of the phones, customer service can look this up for you. Please update the forum if you have any further questions about Ekit coverage in Canada. |
Update on Canada///\\\Mexico is now included
I missed the above post of 9/19/2012:::
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a further observation
The US SIMple Calling Plus SIM/Service has gone through a lot of iterations.
I notice from the URL that my SIM from April 2012 is called: ekusplus_grey. The current SIM on the ekit website is ekusplus_yellow. The yellow seems to be the one they are selling on ebay. Red, blue, purple, also exist. [Who knows what other colors there might be.] This named card has had a lot of variations. I probably should ask: Anyone have any current reports/comments about ekit in Canada? |
I had a problem when it stopped working on Rogers and I was using a basic phone, so lost Canada and I'm a Canadian. They switched me over to "passport"(I believe) which gives me service in Canada and the USA. Sent me sim card.
I now use a T-Mobile unlocked gsm phone even though they seem to indicate only unlocked AT&T work. Noticed on ebay the connection fee is stated at .49, then .09 a minute but then .48 is mentioned for the cost of the first minute which would mean a .39 connection fee, which is what I have experienced. ____________________________ " A USD 49c connection fee applies to each call made or received on your US number when in the USA, Mexico and Canada. * The cost of calling a cell phone in the United States and Canada is the same as calling a landline. ** A per minute surcharge applies to call some non-key countries. ¶ It is FREE to receive calls and text messages on your Global number in the USA. In Mexico and Canada it costs 19c per minute to receive call on your Global number Example: The cost of a call from the US to a landline in Australia is US$0.48 for the first minute and then US$0.09 per subsequent minute. Example: The cost to receive a call when you are in the USA is US$0.48 on your US number for the first minute and then US$0.09 per subsequent minute of that call." |
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