Forum: Americas
13-03-2012, 19:44
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Replies: 50
Views: 31,364
My final post on prepaidgsm ...
A few abbreviations for non-Mexicans:
COFETEL (Comisión Federal de Telecomunicaciones) - the Mexican telecoms regulator.
SCT (Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes) - the Mexican Ministry...
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Forum: Americas
12-03-2012, 22:13
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Replies: 50
Views: 31,364
Ignorance and bliss...
Amigo customers no longer have to worry about their roaming costs. They can now explore the world with complete ignorance and bliss...
Because Telcel has deleted all price details of its...
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Forum: Americas
03-03-2012, 21:35
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Replies: 50
Views: 31,364
At Tesco, "Every little helps"
Is someone important at telcel reading this thread? I ask because the amigo blackberry international roaming charge has just been reduced!
The 30-day international blackberry roaming charge is now...
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Forum: Americas
11-02-2012, 16:58
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Replies: 50
Views: 31,364
Amigo network expansion...
And the latest country to join the amigo roaming network is... let me open the envelope... Switzerland! ... Welcome Switzerland!
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Forum: Americas
11-01-2012, 17:24
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Replies: 50
Views: 31,364
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Forum: Americas
08-01-2012, 22:51
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Replies: 50
Views: 31,364
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Forum: Americas
08-01-2012, 22:49
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Replies: 4
Views: 7,411
Amigo BIP
For a charge of about 100 pesos every 30 days, there is a service called "Amigo BIP", which allows an unlimited number of text messages to be sent either via a telcel web-page, or via a telcel...
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Forum: Americas
08-01-2012, 22:46
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Replies: 2
Views: 6,751
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Forum: BeNeLux
26-10-2011, 22:56
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Replies: 2
Views: 9,117
UK top ups while abroad
Online, Vodafone UK, T-Mobile UK, O2 UK, Tesco and Asda only accept credit/debit cards issued by UK banks.
However, vodafone UK accounts can be topped up over the phone using vouchers bought in...
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Forum: UK & Ireland
28-08-2011, 16:20
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Replies: 5
Views: 6,387
O2 PAYG Blackberry Roaming
Info about O2 UK PAYG Blackberry Roaming:
As an O2 UK Pay & Go Blackberry customer you will receive 10MB free Blackberry data usage per day whilst roaming. This means you can use email, browsing...
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Forum: Germany
21-07-2011, 15:38
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Replies: 8
Views: 3,911
Monthly, Free Data Allowance: 100+ MB
The monthly, free data allowance is actually more than 100 MB. For new members, the first 100 MB is provided at "high mobile data-transfer rates"; afterwards an (unspecified/unlimited?) amount of...
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Forum: Germany
21-07-2011, 14:51
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Replies: 8
Views: 3,911
Old 200 MB tariff no longer available
The old 200 MB advert-sponsored tariff is no longer available to new members of Netzclub. This tariff has now been replaced by the 100 MB "Sponsored Surf - Basic" tariff, which has different...
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Forum: Germany
15-07-2011, 11:08
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Replies: 29
Views: 22,309
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Forum: Americas
13-07-2011, 00:51
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Replies: 50
Views: 31,364
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Forum: Americas
13-07-2011, 00:17
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Replies: 50
Views: 31,364
Offer lots of money!
No, no chance outside Mexico! Wait until you arrive in Mexico and then search for someone who will activate it for you.
Offer lots of money! :)
P.S. You can only roam with prepaid telcel sim...
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Forum: Germany
30-06-2011, 01:04
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Replies: 7
Views: 7,217
Vodafone "Callya Smartphone Blackberry" Chaos
Setting Up a Vodafone Callya Blackberry Account
The Vodafone "Callya Smartphone Blackberry" tariff is very, very difficult to activate! Vodafone employees will confirm the current chaos! Neither...
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Forum: Germany
24-06-2011, 09:13
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Replies: 29
Views: 22,309
Successful top ups
How many of their customers are going to read their facebook page? In the end, I guess they will honour the text of their original upgrade offer:
Einmaliges Angebot für dich: Sichere dir weiterhin...
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Forum: Germany
24-06-2011, 08:33
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Replies: 29
Views: 22,309
Maintaining a netzclub account
Credit remains available for an unlimited period, according to the FAQ answer to the question: "Wie lange ist das aufgeladene Guthaben für die Nutzung verfügbar?" - How long does the top up credit...
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Forum: Germany
24-06-2011, 07:50
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Replies: 29
Views: 22,309
netzclub top ups
You can make a netzclub top up with any amount that you wish to retain the old 200MB tariff. Read the answer to the question: "Wie lade ich per Überweisung Guthaben auf?" in the netzclub FAQ list for...
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Forum: Americas
13-06-2011, 22:12
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Replies: 5
Views: 5,743
Telcel prepaid "amigo blackberry" plans
If you speak spanish, the telcel blackberry site will answer most of your questions:
Micrositio BlackBerry de Telcel (http://www.mibb.tv/index_.php#blackberry)
Your Tour will work perfectly on...
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Forum: Germany
25-05-2011, 17:08
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Replies: 29
Views: 22,309
Netzclub sms-ad test
Okay, if you wish, you can test another Netzclub link. Netzclub will send out an sms-ad for zaOza. The format of the ad-link is:
https://m.netzclub.net/X_X_X_XXX.html?src=ABCDEFGHIJ
This is...
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Forum: Germany
24-05-2011, 17:10
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Replies: 29
Views: 22,309
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Forum: Germany
24-05-2011, 16:12
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Replies: 29
Views: 22,309
Deep Packet Scanning on Netzclub Network
No, inquistor, the links do/did contain individual IDs. You can copy the link from your SMS-ad and type it into a normal web browser on a desktop/laptop. Then afterwards, if you look at your account...
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Forum: UK & Ireland
18-11-2010, 22:06
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Replies: 15
Views: 11,613
O2 "Pay & Go" Tariffs and "Bolt Ons"
Great summary, Petkow. I would just like to add a little more information about the O2 "Pay & Go" Tariffs and the "Pay & Go Bolt Ons".
Some of the o2 "Pay & GO" Tariffs include "unlimited" access...
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Forum: Americas
15-10-2010, 17:42
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Replies: 50
Views: 31,364
Another advantage of telcel sims...
@25jive1
Since you intend to return to Mexico, and because you already have two telcel sims, why not...
1. Spend 20 USD to keep one of your telcel sims alive for roughly a year.
Simply make...
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Forum: Americas
13-10-2010, 13:46
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Replies: 50
Views: 31,364
How to register a telcel sim
25jive1, I am sorry to hear that you have had difficulties with both of your telcel sims. As you have discovered, it is now nearly impossible for a tourist to activate a mexican sim without help.
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Forum: Americas
27-09-2010, 12:21
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Replies: 50
Views: 31,364
Telcel WAP APN configuration
APN: wap.itelcel.com
username: iesgprs
password: iesgprs2002
primary DNS: 0.0.0.0
secondary DNS: 0.0.0.0
WAP Gateway IP Address: 148.233.151.240
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Forum: Germany
16-08-2010, 17:57
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Replies: 8
Views: 8,055
Introducing the O2 o40 Fixed Line Tariff
For those who are interested in german mobile tariffs, I have noticed an unannounced O2 tariff: "O2 o40 Fixed Line". I have a friend with such a tariff, which was obtained at the beginning of July,...
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Forum: Germany
16-08-2010, 14:33
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Replies: 21
Views: 21,388
A curious business strategy?
Partners of vistream seem to routinely introduce new tariffs with the long-term intention of later "herding" their new customers into solomo. This is a curious business strategy and I have been...
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Forum: Germany
10-08-2010, 21:21
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Replies: 21
Views: 21,388
Solomo is in a mess right now
Solomo screwed up an upgrade last Thursday, which will "hopefully be fixed within one or two weeks". The solomo phone system is in a real mess right now - customers have started to notice and are now...
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Forum: Germany
29-07-2010, 18:45
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Replies: 21
Views: 21,388
Ominous Indeed
Yes, I agree with you. Over on the solomo forum, a software developer admitted their voip server is "seriously [over]loaded" and that there is no date for installing the replacement. This is...
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Forum: Germany
18-07-2010, 20:54
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Replies: 8
Views: 8,055
The tariffs can be found via O2online.de
The consumer "O2 on" tariffs (valid from 07.07.2010 until 19.07.2010) are listed here:
www.o2online.de/nw/assets/blobs/tarife/preisliste-mobilfunk-postpaid.pdf
And I found the equivalent...
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Forum: Germany
17-07-2010, 21:28
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Replies: 8
Views: 8,055
Correct details about "O2 on" and "O2 on Upgrade"
I have looked at the o2online.de website and found the correct information about the two tariffs that I mentioned earlier in this thread.
"O2 on": an airbag + Handy-Surf-Flatrate + Internet Packet...
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Forum: Germany
17-07-2010, 00:54
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Replies: 8
Views: 8,055
Not quite identical to the initial UK offer
There are a couple of important differences to the initial O2 offer in the UK:
1. So far there are no incoming DIDs back to Germany.
2. There are a wide range of identical O2-o airbag tariffs -...
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Forum: Germany
10-07-2010, 12:03
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Replies: 15
Views: 7,318
Radius of O2 Home Zone reduced
O2 seems to have now reduced the radius of a home zone to about 1.43 km (for new home zone contracts).
Here is an example:
Patricks GSM-Seiten...
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Forum: Callback, VoIP, Satellite and all other technologies
03-07-2010, 11:30
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Replies: 6
Views: 5,724
Rynga question
Back in November 2009, Georg said that the voipbuster client did not work with rynga. Does anyone know if the client works with rynga now?
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Forum: Callback, VoIP, Satellite and all other technologies
25-03-2010, 21:21
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,317
Bye Bye Tescointernetphone
Today, Tescointernetphone sent this email to its customers:
We are writing to let you know that from 27th April 2010, we will no longer be providing Tesco internet phone and Talk Wi-fi services....
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Forum: Americas
24-03-2010, 18:18
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Replies: 50
Views: 31,364
Don´t forget to register your mexican mobiles
Don´t forget to register your prepaid and postpaid mexican mobiles in the RENAUT database. COFETEL, the Mexican Telecoms Authority, is advising that unregistered mobiles may be disconnected after...
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Forum: Off Topic (any other discussion)
10-03-2010, 18:15
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Replies: 4
Views: 4,474
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Forum: Spain & Portugal
09-03-2010, 21:21
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Replies: 113
Views: 125,625
Despierta tu móvil ;) llama gratis al 1473
Take a look at the top right-hand corner of this page:
https://clientes.masmovil.es/MasVidaMovilSelfcare/es/yasoycliente.html
In spanish it says: "Despierta tu móvil ;) llama gratis al 1473"
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Forum: Germany
09-03-2010, 10:31
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Replies: 30
Views: 13,939
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Forum: Germany
09-03-2010, 10:12
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Replies: 30
Views: 13,939
Don´t forget the EU euro-sms rate of 11p/text
If you want to keep everything simple, you could use a UK sim to send texts back to the UK. For example, 3UK would charge 11p (12c) per sms. Just don´t forget to disable call forwarding before you...
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Forum: Germany
08-03-2010, 23:21
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Replies: 30
Views: 13,939
Texts back to UK cost 29c/message
I've just noticed that SMSes from Germany to UK cost 29c/message.
It should be possible to find something cheaper than this. Perhaps someone else has another suggestion.
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Forum: Germany
08-03-2010, 23:11
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Replies: 30
Views: 13,939
pick-n-mix german sim cards
If you can provide a german postal address, at the moment, otelo (Vodafone-DE) is probably the most suitable for you.
Alternatively, you could also pick-n-mix german sim cards from this list:
...
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Forum: UK & Ireland
16-09-2009, 20:00
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Replies: 2
Views: 3,193
Three UK - No usage policy
Pay As You Go customers are required to use their account (whether it be chargeable or free, including Skype usage) once every 180 days, or "Three" reserve the right to terminate or suspend their...
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Forum: Callback, VoIP, Satellite and all other technologies
09-06-2009, 20:00
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Replies: 9
Views: 6,786
Did I exaggerate about the death of mobile voip?
For 19.90 euros a month, Kabel Deutschland (KD) offers its customers:
- a 6 MBit/s broadband connection
- 3 landlines
- a sim card which can be used to call other KD sims and KD landlines for...
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Forum: Callback, VoIP, Satellite and all other technologies
09-06-2009, 14:31
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Replies: 9
Views: 6,786
Fritzbox voip credential question
dg7feq and inquisitor,
I wasn´t aware of the 1&1 and Alice products. The german press is so saturated with 1&1 and Alice advertisements that I ignore them automatically.
What really surprises...
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Forum: Germany
09-06-2009, 09:12
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Replies: 8
Views: 6,410
Simultaneous freshtel calls
inquisitor
Simultaneous outgoing calls can be made from two different voip telephones, connected to the same router or switch, and sharing a single freshtel account. However, calls cannot be made...
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Forum: Callback, VoIP, Satellite and all other technologies
07-06-2009, 18:58
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Replies: 9
Views: 6,786
Mobile voip now dead in Germany
In Germany, Kabel Deutschland has launched it´s own "Mobile Phone" sim card that effectively "kills" all previous tariffs for mobile voip if you have your own Asterisk server, or a Fritz Box 7270,...
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