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Forum: Austria & Switzerland 18-02-2010, 10:12
Replies: 3
Views: 5,719
Posted By bourbonkiller
Dear petkow, there should be no problem with...

Dear petkow,

there should be no problem with this number at all. It is a regualar fixed net number and I would bet on it, that they will not even know that this number is attached to Betamax...
...
Forum: UK & Ireland 18-02-2010, 10:00
Replies: 0
Views: 2,294
Posted By bourbonkiller
Help with BlackBerry Curve 8520 on T-Mobile Pay As You Go

I will stay in London for about ten times within the next 6 months, establishing a business relation with a company. Since my Orange Plan from Austria has still very high roaming tariffs and I am...
Forum: Austria & Switzerland 14-02-2010, 12:53
Replies: 3
Views: 5,719
Posted By bourbonkiller
New MVNO in Switzerland

There is a media information floating around from Swisscom Mobile, that as of now there is a new MVNO using their Network, called MUCHO. The Internetadress of this new MVNO is: mobileverymucho.ch...
Forum: Europe 01-12-2009, 09:00
Replies: 11
Views: 30,137
Posted By bourbonkiller
best prepaid SIM for european data roaming

Dear friends,

I have ordered one of those shiny new dual sim china mobile's with qwerty keyboard and wifi. It's one of the new generation including Java, which makes it possible to run GMail,...
Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 15-11-2009, 10:25
Replies: 109
Views: 48,393
Posted By bourbonkiller
Observations from Austria

Did play around with my ICQSIM yesterday and the status is the same:



SIM did register immediately on A1 3G network
calls from Orange AT went through very quick, phone did ring
SMS can't...
Forum: Austria & Switzerland 11-10-2009, 20:55
Replies: 11
Views: 10,658
Posted By bourbonkiller
@ vlads the SMS counter will reset...

@ vlads



the SMS counter will reset each month, not each reload
regarding news (hotline statements) from our austrian forum (3G-Forum von UMTSlink.at - Powered by vBulletin...
Forum: Austria & Switzerland 09-10-2009, 12:07
Replies: 11
Views: 10,658
Posted By bourbonkiller
@effendi Yes, that is absolutely correct....

@effendi

Yes, that is absolutely correct. You buy 2 Simcards of 3 Austria and can call each other in Italy for free (something I haven't thought about yet). It doesn't even make a difference if...
Forum: Austria & Switzerland 05-10-2009, 15:13
Replies: 11
Views: 10,658
Posted By bourbonkiller
Dear andy, I am aware of the situation of UK...

Dear andy,

I am aware of the situation of UK roam like home. Fortunately in Austria this is still part of the three policy and does cover data as well! It is written on the website and the...
Forum: Austria & Switzerland 05-10-2009, 07:20
Replies: 11
Views: 10,658
Posted By bourbonkiller
The link to the austrian recharge website is:...

The link to the austrian recharge website is: http://www.onlineaufladen.at

Have a nice journey!
Forum: Austria & Switzerland 03-10-2009, 18:32
Replies: 11
Views: 10,658
Posted By bourbonkiller
Exclamation Great new prepaid offer from 3 Austria

Three Austria just recently launched a new prepaid offer calles "3 Extreme" announcing free on net calls for ever. The card will not expire and there is a minimum recharge of 10 Euros to keep the SIM...
Forum: Austria & Switzerland 11-09-2009, 17:12
Replies: 42
Views: 28,488
Posted By bourbonkiller
Thumbs up clarification on the Sunrise Pronto Promo-SIM

You may get this SIM at any sunrise shop and also every mobilezone in Switzerland (in real, at every point you can buy a sunrise prepay).

The translation on the 5 days of usage is dependant on the...
Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 06-08-2009, 14:22
Replies: 4
Views: 3,559
Posted By bourbonkiller
for a product that is at heavy rotation on each...

for a product that is at heavy rotation on each page of this forum, there is not much information around here. Any news?
Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 30-07-2009, 15:51
Replies: 4
Views: 3,559
Posted By bourbonkiller
mobiltypass sim, any more details?

Since weeks there is a banner at this forum from mobilitypass Sim card. I went to their website and the offer looks very interresting, also offering Blackberry enabled Sims and sims with data service...
Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 22-07-2009, 11:48
Replies: 109
Views: 48,393
Posted By bourbonkiller
United Mobile files bankruptcy

Dear all,

as it looks like, United Mobile as a company came to an end. If you follow the enclosed link, there is a letter published that tells, United Mobile will file bankruptcy. The article...
Forum: UK & Ireland 08-05-2009, 15:01
Replies: 0
Views: 3,616
Posted By bourbonkiller
Blackberry PAYG on T-Mobile UK

Dear Friends,

after the outage of the UM Platform which gave me prepaid DATA coverage on travelling, I am thinking of buying the new T-Mobile UK Blackberry Pay Once offer. I know that there are...
Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 05-05-2009, 15:24
Replies: 173
Views: 51,309
Posted By bourbonkiller
interresting question

I think, simcardman has thrown in a very interresting question regarding UM. To me, it also looked a little bit like the guys over at Sim4Travel did exactly know what will happen to UM before....
Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 01-05-2009, 13:27
Replies: 173
Views: 51,309
Posted By bourbonkiller
I only agree partly to inquisitors comment, since...

I only agree partly to inquisitors comment, since we all dealt with the Swiss branch of United Mobile. It seems that the "Kloten branch" were the only part of the company, that dealt with end...
Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 29-04-2009, 08:53
Replies: 173
Views: 51,309
Posted By bourbonkiller
at the moment there is no bancruptcy filed for UM

I just returned from Valencia where I truely misssed my UM +423 since she were very reliable. Having a business contract with our company from Orange AT the pill is not as bitter, since we have 100...
Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 22-04-2009, 14:02
Replies: 173
Views: 51,309
Posted By bourbonkiller
@ przemolog Thanks for your update. In my...

@ przemolog

Thanks for your update. In my account, still only the +423 SIM cards show the status "active" which is no wonder since Mobilkom Liechtenstein already told me yesterday that their...
Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 22-04-2009, 11:18
Replies: 173
Views: 51,309
Posted By bourbonkiller
I also just logged in to my UM account. On my...

I also just logged in to my UM account. On my account nothing has changed, the full balance is still shown on each of the SIM-Cards.

Overlooking the numbers it is very interresting to see, that...
Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 21-04-2009, 14:34
Replies: 173
Views: 51,309
Posted By bourbonkiller
In my opinion, UM is gone

After thinking positiv about a comeback of UM after the outage of both platforms, I think UM is gone. I will tell you all, why this is my "new" opinion:

Since my balance on two UM Simcards has...
Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 21-04-2009, 10:01
Replies: 173
Views: 51,309
Posted By bourbonkiller
There is a much more easier way to get in touch...

There is a much more easier way to get in touch with them (if they answer the phone). Searching the public Swiss phonebook gives you this result:

Firmeneintrag vCard...
Forum: Austria & Switzerland 17-04-2009, 11:35
Replies: 1
Views: 4,119
Posted By bourbonkiller
Talking B-Free Easy Traveller

Great news from Austria, and since this tariff is too good to be true I am wondering if it has something to do with the recent closure of the UM +423 which used the Mobilkom LI / Mobilkom Austria...
Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 12-06-2008, 15:21
Replies: 39
Views: 16,513
Posted By bourbonkiller
@f300 I just tried this out today. It states...

@f300

I just tried this out today. It states that it may last up to 5 days until the data option will be activated. As everyone might have seen, in the service area of the sim card there is a...
Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 22-04-2008, 17:14
Replies: 39
Views: 16,513
Posted By bourbonkiller
some news from teltarif.ch

just minutes ago, an article about the new prepaid data bundle of UM appeared on www.teltarif.ch (http://www.teltarif.ch). No real news but it clarifies some point of the offer.

Existing...
Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 02-04-2008, 17:12
Replies: 68
Views: 21,069
Posted By bourbonkiller
GPRS is gone

Hi thblob,

I guess that data roaming for prepaid Simcards is gone. If you look at their website you will see that they only offer GPRS for the postpaid deal and for all of those that buy their...
Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 31-03-2008, 12:03
Replies: 68
Views: 21,069
Posted By bourbonkiller
Replacement SIM did arrive last week

I went to the post office last Thursday and oh wonder, a GT-SIM replacement SIM were in my Postbox. It is wrapped in a identical wrapper than the original SIM came. A Silver sticker is above the...
Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 05-02-2008, 20:14
Replies: 42
Views: 18,599
Posted By bourbonkiller
Sorry, I totaly forgot SFR, because they are...

Sorry, I totaly forgot SFR, because they are never mentioned at any vodafone network when it comes to data roaming. I just had a look at the mobilkom LI website.

If you are a mobilkom LI...
Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 05-02-2008, 12:16
Replies: 42
Views: 18,599
Posted By bourbonkiller
As writen in my post above, I don't think that...

As writen in my post above, I don't think that tey will extend the data-network very soon. Mobilkom LI (which is a 100 % daughter company of Mobilkom Austria) is a Vodafone Network and if you look at...
Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 01-02-2008, 08:59
Replies: 42
Views: 18,599
Posted By bourbonkiller
It is nice to see the UM +423 back on track....

It is nice to see the UM +423 back on track. Everyone thought that the international Data-SIM will be a Jersey-SIM but it looks like UM made a deal with Mobilkom LI and their roaming is not more or...
Forum: Austria & Switzerland 04-01-2008, 12:30
Replies: 26
Views: 15,862
Posted By bourbonkiller
Hi Andrea, I am very sorry for that. I just...

Hi Andrea,

I am very sorry for that. I just used it to forward selected emails from my main inbox to the mobile phone when away from the office. If you have a PDA it might be more comfortable on...
Forum: Austria & Switzerland 03-01-2008, 15:48
Replies: 26
Views: 15,862
Posted By bourbonkiller
Dear all, all i know is, that I do have a...

Dear all,

all i know is, that I do have a orangeclick account and email with 078XXXXXXX@orangemail.ch did work until recently (I moved out to M Budget Mobile because of the better tariffs).
...
Forum: Austria & Switzerland 28-12-2007, 14:32
Replies: 26
Views: 15,862
Posted By bourbonkiller
Most of the Swiss prepaid offers will charge you...

Most of the Swiss prepaid offers will charge you minimum CHF 5.00 per MB which is around USD 4.50.

In my opinion there are two options for you:

A) If you have heavy data use:
Orangeclick with...
Forum: Austria & Switzerland 02-12-2007, 12:59
Replies: 6
Views: 6,111
Posted By bourbonkiller
@ Andrea thanks for your link posted. But if...

@ Andrea

thanks for your link posted. But if you are going to post links, make shure that the rates are correct - you still state M-Budget-Mobile with CHF 0.34.

Greetings from Switzerland...
Forum: Austria & Switzerland 26-11-2007, 14:44
Replies: 6
Views: 6,111
Posted By bourbonkiller
New price war on Swiss prepaid market

Dear PreaidGSM friends,

not shure if you have hear about the latest additions to the swiss prepaid gsm market.

About 14 days ago, the german discounter ALDI startet it's own prepaid service...
Forum: Europe 05-10-2007, 09:41
Replies: 18
Views: 5,625
Posted By bourbonkiller
@ Richard10002 "384Kbps is almost as fast as...

@ Richard10002

"384Kbps is almost as fast as the original 512Kbps broadband, and is fast enough for me to watch UK TV via Slingbox in Italy, and to make Skype calls..... "

Did you try to watch...
Forum: UK & Ireland 05-10-2007, 09:34
Replies: 14
Views: 6,640
Posted By bourbonkiller
not only from payg phones...

Funny enough, I discouverd this when setting up a call from austria (on VOIP) to a UK-mobile number (I don't know if it's really a VM). Before ringing it said that I might not have enough credit...
Forum: Austria & Switzerland 05-10-2007, 09:29
Replies: 0
Views: 4,999
Posted By bourbonkiller
New Sunrise Switzerland Tariffs

Dear prepaid fans,

the swiss provider "sunrise" launched new tariffs and website yesterday. Interresting to see, that sunrise leaves that special swiss tariff-path of "pay the same minute price...
Forum: Europe 16-08-2007, 12:53
Replies: 0
Views: 2,072
Posted By bourbonkiller
TIM prepaid Blackberry service - is it true

Hi folks

found an old PR of TIM and RIM at their website regarding an TIM prepaid Blackberry offer, have a look here:

http://www.rim.net/news/press/2003/pr-02_12_2003.shtml...
Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 01-08-2007, 15:32
Replies: 376
Views: 104,795
Posted By bourbonkiller
As someone offerred a link to jersey telekom some...

As someone offerred a link to jersey telekom some post's before, I had a look to the pages of jersey telekom too. If this is realy the carrier of UM+ you find something very interresting following...
Forum: Europe 01-08-2007, 15:32
Replies: 1
Views: 2,209
Posted By bourbonkiller
Wink Jersey Telecom: WAP for free!

As someone offerred a link to jersey telekom some post's before, I had a look to the pages of jersey telekom too. If this is realy the carrier of UM+ you find something very interresting following...
Forum: Austria & Switzerland 13-07-2007, 13:04
Replies: 8
Views: 5,348
Posted By bourbonkiller
@inquisitor it's not the matter that other...

@inquisitor
it's not the matter that other operators do have 3G or not, but DREI offers FREE email in their mobile portal and don't charge for anything (no data, no basic fee, nothing). And the...
Forum: Austria & Switzerland 10-07-2007, 09:16
Replies: 8
Views: 5,348
Posted By bourbonkiller
Dear Javalio, beeing austrian and living...

Dear Javalio,

beeing austrian and living over here, I think I can help you at several points.

The cheapest offer you can buy when phoning only within Austria (no calls abroad) would be YESSS...
Forum: Austria & Switzerland 25-05-2007, 16:36
Replies: 12
Views: 12,445
Posted By bourbonkiller
cheaper data roaming worldwide

since I am used to the highly priced data-roaming charges of switzerland (especially swisscom) I also did a search for cheap data-roaming worldwide and found the site of roadpost.

They offer a...
Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 25-05-2007, 16:22
Replies: 1
Views: 2,129
Posted By bourbonkiller
new services coming from united mobile?!

Dear all,

I work in switzerland and read in the newspaper some weeks ago an interresting article about united mobile and that you can save lots of money with it when travelling abroad. So this is...
Forum: Austria & Switzerland 08-05-2007, 16:38
Replies: 17
Views: 8,362
Posted By bourbonkiller
Still no Data-Billing

Hi prepaid-friends,

travelling lots in the last half year I didn't have too much time for this forum. Just wanted to keep you posted, that until today still no DATA-Billing is set with orange...
Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 26-07-2006, 22:33
Replies: 3
Views: 2,094
Posted By bourbonkiller
update on this: just found the following...

update on this:

just found the following website. You can now earn money by getting called on your VoIP.

Have a look at: http://www.ahooly.com/index.php?option=com...temid=1&lang=en...
Forum: International GSM prepaid cards 21-07-2006, 16:45
Replies: 3
Views: 2,094
Posted By bourbonkiller
Hi prepaid-geeks, I just signed up for a...

Hi prepaid-geeks,

I just signed up for a free fax to email number of a austrian provider and found something very interresting.

Under the label of "Freefon International", the austrian company...
Forum: Austria & Switzerland 16-03-2006, 22:28
Replies: 17
Views: 8,362
Posted By bourbonkiller
funny, in Austria I have not been charged...

funny, in Austria I have not been charged (neither at T-Mobile nor at ONE), in Germany (T-Mobile) I have been charged in full (very expensive).


Have you seen the new Orange Portal? Looks quite...
Forum: Austria & Switzerland 08-03-2006, 23:09
Replies: 17
Views: 8,362
Posted By bourbonkiller
Just came back from Berlin (ITB) and have some...

Just came back from Berlin (ITB) and have some great news with me. I had my orangeclick SIM with me and wondered that it worked well with 3g coverage at Zurich airport and also when roaming on...
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