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Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 02-10-2007, 20:00
Replies: 15
Views: 4,568
Posted By MATHA531
The language is German and from the little (very...

The language is German and from the little (very little I might add) German I understand it is saying this is the mailbox and then repeats the number and basically says, I think, that you are...
Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 02-10-2007, 18:40
Replies: 10
Views: 5,419
Posted By MATHA531
Unhappy Isle of Man discussion [split from Cherry Mobile thread]

...hm...

Sounds like Isle of Man roaming cards are in deep deep trouble and one would expect the other issuers to quickly follow suit...

Didn't somebody on this board about six or seven...
Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 02-10-2007, 16:52
Replies: 48
Views: 15,686
Posted By MATHA531
..got the same e mail but as noted in the other...

..got the same e mail but as noted in the other thread. if I can't personalize it by calling into the mailbox rather than having to dial in, at the rates they charge in the USA, that's a problem that...
Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 02-10-2007, 16:49
Replies: 15
Views: 4,568
Posted By MATHA531
The same point I was going to make.....every...

The same point I was going to make.....every other UM sim card I've had, you ring the number and press # to personalize with the temporary pin they provided....it's damn expensive to call from the...
Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 02-10-2007, 12:17
Replies: 48
Views: 15,686
Posted By MATHA531
...it is beginning to look like this is a much...

...it is beginning to look like this is a much more serious issue, as others have noted, then just a small temporary technical problem. Most of these telcoms have pretty smart technical people who...
Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 02-10-2007, 12:10
Replies: 8
Views: 3,489
Posted By MATHA531
Your son is in Scotland....easy cheap solutions ...

Your son is in Scotland....easy cheap solutions

1. Go into A T mobile UK store and get a T Mobile UK sim card (very cheap, they post them for free I think and charge a couple of quid in the...
Forum: Callback, VoIP, Satellite and all other technologies 01-10-2007, 14:46
Replies: 32
Views: 14,397
Posted By MATHA531
.....anybody ever hear the term bait and...

.....anybody ever hear the term bait and switch...that is exactly what has happened here and while it is not illegal, it is certainly immoral (and no there have been no recent legislation to justify...
Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 28-09-2007, 14:13
Replies: 144
Views: 47,841
Posted By MATHA531
Actually this obsession started several years ago...

Actually this obsession started several years ago when my mobile phone company T Mobile US abruptly took away something I had grown accostomed to namely the ability to forward calls to my local sim...
Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 28-09-2007, 14:09
Replies: 144
Views: 47,841
Posted By MATHA531
I suppose.

I suppose.
Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 28-09-2007, 10:52
Replies: 144
Views: 47,841
Posted By MATHA531
Here's the link for the article: ...

Here's the link for the article:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/27/technology/circuits/27pogue.html?ref=technology

Quite an interesting article but obviously the author has little experience...
Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 27-09-2007, 22:05
Replies: 144
Views: 47,841
Posted By MATHA531
Excuse my ignorance... What is a ...

Excuse my ignorance...

What is a RPP-obsessed US customers :wink:?
Forum: Callback, VoIP, Satellite and all other technologies 27-09-2007, 12:29
Replies: 32
Views: 14,397
Posted By MATHA531
What a disgrace......

What a disgrace......
Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 24-09-2007, 00:44
Replies: 6
Views: 2,527
Posted By MATHA531
That's why we're all in this together!

That's why we're all in this together!
Forum: France 21-09-2007, 09:05
Replies: 6
Views: 3,981
Posted By MATHA531
Didn't a German court rule such practices in...

Didn't a German court rule such practices in Germany to be illegal? Another something perhaps for the eu to do to protect consumers.
Forum: France 20-09-2007, 11:04
Replies: 6
Views: 3,981
Posted By MATHA531
The only problem if my rusty French is correct,...

The only problem if my rusty French is correct, they steal your credit after a limited period of time the same way the other French prepaids do and once they do that, the clock runs for 4 months...
Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 19-09-2007, 04:00
Replies: 6
Views: 2,527
Posted By MATHA531
On the card that came with the sim card is the...

On the card that came with the sim card is the PUK (no it's not puke but rather password unlock key)....find it and enter it and make sure you don't enter it incorrectly 10 times as then the sim card...
Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 18-09-2007, 18:03
Replies: 144
Views: 47,841
Posted By MATHA531
Two words... Yackie Mobile or perhaps...

Two words...

Yackie Mobile

or perhaps one word:

Ryanair
Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 18-09-2007, 11:18
Replies: 144
Views: 47,841
Posted By MATHA531
Take a look at ...

Take a look at

http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/news.nv?storyid=single9231
Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 13-09-2007, 19:20
Replies: 2
Views: 2,498
Posted By MATHA531
UM has stated that voicemail will not be...

UM has stated that voicemail will not be available for a while..I think in August they gave a period of 2 months.....
Forum: Europe 13-09-2007, 16:27
Replies: 1
Views: 3,263
Posted By MATHA531
I can't answer specifically for Orange FR, but...

I can't answer specifically for Orange FR, but because of security issues and terroristm fears and just bureaucratic wanting to make jobs for people, some countries have moved in the direction of...
Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 13-09-2007, 14:38
Replies: 1
Views: 2,181
Posted By MATHA531
Interesting UM Satory

A couple of years ago, I loaned a friend my mobile phone and bought him a UM sim card....well for one reason or another, he misplaced the phone and wasn't able to return it until last night (it...
Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 10-09-2007, 04:01
Replies: 30
Views: 8,993
Posted By MATHA531
A generalization and not always true depending on...

A generalization and not always true depending on the merchant...what you have to do is check the specs of the one being sold...you want to make sure it is 900/1800/1900 and absolutely not...
Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 09-09-2007, 21:39
Replies: 30
Views: 8,993
Posted By MATHA531
Do not doubt anything being said but I tried UM+...

Do not doubt anything being said but I tried UM+ on several different phones in the USA and it works fine....can make and receive calls (but of course I wouldn't let any calls be completed for...
Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 09-09-2007, 07:01
Replies: 30
Views: 8,993
Posted By MATHA531
I don't know if this will help you... On my...

I don't know if this will help you...

On my motorola which is a different model, United Mobile is a submenu of Office Tools and a sub menu of United Mobile is service and then a sub menu of...
Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 09-09-2007, 03:29
Replies: 30
Views: 8,993
Posted By MATHA531
Second Andy....it should work with menu...

Second Andy....it should work with menu dialing...go through the menu entries till you find the United Mobile menu and you should see some indication of manual dialing...that should work

Another...
Forum: Europe 07-09-2007, 15:38
Replies: 28
Views: 9,819
Posted By MATHA531
One of the few decent things I can say about...

One of the few decent things I can say about calling internationally on T Mobile USA is that they do not surcharge calls to mobiles...calls to most of Western Europe whether it is a landline or a...
Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 04-09-2007, 00:18
Replies: 34
Views: 11,307
Posted By MATHA531
...it depends on a number of factors...fox...

...it depends on a number of factors...fox example for some reason cbw does not seem to work with any of the estonian international cards but enlinea does....

I think with o9, enlinea is better...
Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 03-09-2007, 23:49
Replies: 34
Views: 11,307
Posted By MATHA531
It does but it's very expensive.

It does but it's very expensive.
Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 03-09-2007, 23:05
Replies: 34
Views: 11,307
Posted By MATHA531
A friend of mine used my o9 card during the first...

A friend of mine used my o9 card during the first two weeks in August...I set up my US toll free number on enlinea as well as pin2dest on cbw and both worked pretty well at the stated rates (and he...
Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 02-09-2007, 16:01
Replies: 16
Views: 8,259
Posted By MATHA531
I don't know if boring is the right...

I don't know if boring is the right word...spoiled is perhaps a better word...look

Last summer, I used UM for a trip through Europe...my ld company was only charging a 1¢ termination fee to have...
Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 02-09-2007, 13:21
Replies: 16
Views: 8,259
Posted By MATHA531
The trouble with travelsim still remains the high...

The trouble with travelsim still remains the high termination fees for calls to Estonia that make call forwarding too expensive as compared to UK numbers and its inability to work properly with...
Forum: Africa, Asia and Pacific 31-08-2007, 13:58
Replies: 2
Views: 2,869
Posted By MATHA531
Phone for Japan

Will be going to Japan in the very near future...have both United Mobile, United Mobile+, O9 sim cards which claim they roam in Japan but of course the technology is the issue.....

Know the...
Forum: Europe 29-08-2007, 09:01
Replies: 17
Views: 5,918
Posted By MATHA531
That would be what I would think also but here is...

That would be what I would think also but here is a statement from O2 UK on their My Europe tariff which apparently is their rendition of eurotariffs:

When you're abroad in any of the European...
Forum: Europe 29-08-2007, 00:59
Replies: 17
Views: 5,918
Posted By MATHA531
Question about eurotariffs

Here is my question about the application of eurotariffs...

Does one get the lowered reception rate while outside the home country of the sim card only on other calls from eu phones or from all...
Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 28-08-2007, 04:24
Replies: 376
Views: 104,795
Posted By MATHA531
It was an upgrade from the +423 but ordered in...

It was an upgrade from the +423 but ordered in online on Thursday and had the card by Monday. They've been pretty efficient in sending them out but no so efficient in fixing the voice mail problem. ...
Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 23-08-2007, 23:54
Replies: 18
Views: 6,317
Posted By MATHA531
In your case, unfortunately, it is not as easy as...

In your case, unfortunately, it is not as easy as it sounds if Verizon is your US carrier....you see Verizon uses a completely different technology than is used in Spain and the rest of Europe...thus...
Forum: France 21-08-2007, 10:30
Replies: 10
Views: 6,839
Posted By MATHA531
It's too bad the French telcoms can get away with...

It's too bad the French telcoms can get away with this highway robbery...a similar practice I blieve was outlawed by the German courts. Perhaps the eu can intervene here too!:(
Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 20-08-2007, 18:38
Replies: 7
Views: 2,764
Posted By MATHA531
Barry of cbw has always been great and treated me...

Barry of cbw has always been great and treated me and all of us using the service very well and it is very very hard to say negative things about him and I won't go that route.

However indeed it...
Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 20-08-2007, 04:02
Replies: 376
Views: 104,795
Posted By MATHA531
Check out...

Check out http://www.yourcallworld.com/default.aspx
Forum: Callback, VoIP, Satellite and all other technologies 19-08-2007, 22:49
Replies: 37
Views: 18,002
Posted By MATHA531
I think you can enter the actual number one one...

I think you can enter the actual number one one screen and it does tell you the rate for that number and you are quite right...calls to my T Mobile UK sim card were listed at 8¢/minute, Orange...
Forum: Italy 19-08-2007, 22:47
Replies: 27
Views: 10,114
Posted By MATHA531
Do remember that with vodafone IT if you make any...

Do remember that with vodafone IT if you make any trip to Europe you can top up with a vodafone voucher from that country while in that country namely an SFR voucher while in France, a vodafone UK...
Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 19-08-2007, 22:41
Replies: 376
Views: 104,795
Posted By MATHA531
Just back from a week in London....just for the...

Just back from a week in London....just for the hell of it, I took my new UM+ sim card just to run it through its paces...

1. Sent a text message from a T Mobile US sim and it worked......
...
Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 19-08-2007, 22:28
Replies: 7
Views: 2,764
Posted By MATHA531
Well I just got back from a week in London and...

Well I just got back from a week in London and did check out my Estonian sim card (Air Baltic Card) and it worked pretty well with enlinea which is surprising as enlinea and cbw should work pretty...
Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 12-08-2007, 20:33
Replies: 376
Views: 104,795
Posted By MATHA531
As in so many things, the US operates differently...

As in so many things, the US operates differently than most of the rest of the world....in most gsm countries, caller pays a termination fee to call a mobile number while the recipient pays...
Forum: Italy 10-08-2007, 20:48
Replies: 27
Views: 10,626
Posted By MATHA531
Rome airport? Which one did you get? ...

Rome airport?

Which one did you get?

Were you able to have them set the voice menus to English?
Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 10-08-2007, 17:24
Replies: 376
Views: 104,795
Posted By MATHA531
Yup...as has become obvious now, the product was...

Yup...as has become obvious now, the product was rushed out the door before it was completely tested and really ready as a response to their loss of business on thd +423 card, a loss of business no...
Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 10-08-2007, 05:28
Replies: 376
Views: 104,795
Posted By MATHA531
New York City....Friday 10 August 2007 0026... ...

New York City....Friday 10 August 2007 0026...

My phone still gets "your international call cannot be completed as dialed. Please check the number and dial again or ask the operator for...
Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 07-08-2007, 16:36
Replies: 376
Views: 104,795
Posted By MATHA531
Mine has worked from day one and hasn't died.

Mine has worked from day one and hasn't died.
Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 07-08-2007, 15:30
Replies: 36
Views: 13,028
Posted By MATHA531
Don't be so sure about this (not that I don't...

Don't be so sure about this (not that I don't like Barry and think cbw has worked real well for me until the fiasco with Liechtenstein mobiles that started in April when the price was raised from 14¢...
Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 07-08-2007, 13:05
Replies: 376
Views: 104,795
Posted By MATHA531
Sorry to report...and they've had several days on...

Sorry to report...and they've had several days on this that they haven't resolved the issue of the caller getting the message that "we are unable to complete your international call as dialed. ...
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