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Originally Posted by andy
I think it will be more popular in America, where people are used to the idea that calling mobiles is the same cost as landlines. Other places, where people have contract mobiles with inclusive minutes, it doesn't matter as much that they call a mobile.
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So it was a good idea to launch it there. I bet 2 out 3 cards were sold to the USA. Correct me if I'm wrong Sean. But that's not wrong, is it? We (I speak for myself, and maybe for the majority of the people here) live in Europe, and travel most of the time within Europe. So, we look at these products from a EU-view.
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Originally Posted by andy
But without getting too complicated and subscribing to loads of DIDs, pbxes etc, there are possibilities like Sipbroker/Voxalot, which means people can set up one VoIP call forward to themselves, then others can reach them via local landlines in 25 countries, eg in France 01(Paris)p*010xxxxxx like a simple callthrough (similar in effect to CBW pin2dest), and costing me a few cents a minute.
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That way your call travels (at least) 2 times over the internet. With Murphy looking around the corner all the time, I prefer a more reliable sollution. I agree when this is all for pleasure/private use. The world will not fall apart when you can't be reached by the people that stayed at home when you're on a holliday.
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Originally Posted by andy
That's why I think that Maxroam isn't yet what it suggests, a disruptive approach that has broken through to achieving local calls at local rate; it's still roaming at roaming rates.
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_yet_, indeed, you might be right there, but I always was told to learn to walk, then to run. So, what MAXroam is doing is not that stupid.
I understand that you are maybe disappointed because they are not already delivering what you hoped they would be. I also was hoping for eg. Data, but we'll have to wait another 6 months for that (see the link I posted to Markus Göbel's blog, a few messages up).
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Originally Posted by andy
This week a product has launched in the UK with inclusive minutes packages for international calls. If that becomes popular and spreads, then perhaps ringing visitors roaming in one's own country or friends on a foreign SIM on their holidays won't be a big deal. And the minutes are free! Don't throw away the Liechtenstein SIM.
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THAT is a problem for MAXroam and similar services. There big operators just have to think of something and it's almost a working product, simply because they have a platform that is capable of doing almost anything, they just have to be motivated by someone (eg. MAXroam), and they launche that new product. So, maybe al the 'small' operators are paving the way for the big ones?
I indeed will not throw away my UM-card, but probable that country will not be included in many bundles, they probably start with all EU-countries, and Liechtenstein isn't one of them.