I now got the ball rolling thanks to you guys! Thanks. The problem he has is he has a bit too much credit now. In any case, if it takes about 3 days for T-Mobil to process the "Verzichtserklärung" (disclaimer), I now doubt that I will be able to get this done before Solomo's special offer of free porting finishes on Monday. Anyhow, the €10 normal charge is not too bad. I am confused about one thing with Solomo. It appears the discount applies for any topup made for over €10. But if you make a €10 topup do you get a 10% discount for that month only or is right it until that credit runs out? It would seem silly for anyone not to make the €20 topup (which is not that much really) to get the full 20% discount. I've just realised with such a discount applied, incoming charges in some EU countries is only 8c/min!! That seems like a good roaming product in its own right!
Thanks also to babble and the rest of you who mentioned the Genion S. I really think this is a very nice mobile product that you guys have in Germany. It's good not so much for the cheaper outgoing rate (that is nothing great) but for the fact of having a landline incoming number in your home zone. That really opens up exciting oppurtunities for VoIP diverts from Finarea/Betamax products etc. I was living in Germany in 1999 when this product was first launched and remember seeing the ads etc. A few friends of mine got it and I too was very tempted... but I didn't even have a German SIM at the time
Genion was quite a bit more expensive then.... but so was all mobile telephony in Germany. I remember thinking it was so useful for me to call my friends who had Genion onto their "Festnetz" number from the classic old Deutsche Post style 'Yellow Brick' phoneboxes. All for a few 10 Pfennig pieces. I miss those phone boxes, just like I miss the red ones here in the UK. They are getting rid of so many of them, and are leaving them only in touristy areas! Ah Nostalgia... but slightly OT!