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Motel75 · 21-10-2007, 13:28

Yep, this is why I was fiddling with VM phones in the US, to send an SMS just to make sure they didn't expire. According to the website, it's 180 days, but experience suggests it's at least 365 (Customer Service told me it was exactly 365 days).

The exorbitant call costs when roaming in the US are reason enough to not use it there, but this is true for most foreign operators, not just VM. (Note to mobile phone operators: In a market economy, the higher the price, the less likely people will be to use a service, particularly when it is a notional cost.)

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Motel75 (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Pioneer Posts: 573 Join Date: 15 Jun 2006 Location: Berlin Country:	21-10-2007, 13:28 Yep, this is why I was fiddling with VM phones in the US, to send an SMS just to make sure they didn't expire. According to the website, it's 180 days, but experience suggests it's at least 365 (Customer Service told me it was exactly 365 days). The exorbitant call costs when roaming in the US are reason enough to not use it there, but this is true for most foreign operators, not just VM. (Note to mobile phone operators: In a market economy, the higher the price, the less likely people will be to use a service, particularly when it is a notional cost.) Current DE: Vodafone, Netzklub; PL: Klucz, Virgin; UK: Giffgaff, Vodafone; US: T-Mobile; CA: 7-Eleven; IT: Vodafone; UA: Kyivstar; FR: Bouygues; GR: Vodafone Former DE: Vodafone, T-Mobile, O2, Blauworld, 01051mobile, Solomo, Lycamobile, Simyo, Congstar, Fonic, Edeka Mobile, Lidl Mobile; PL: Heyah, Era, Virgin, Sami Swoi, Orange, POP, iPlus, Carrefour Mova, Telepin Mobi, Play, Lycamobile, T-Mobile; UK: Vodafone, T-Mobile, Virgin; US: T-Mobile, AT&T, Lycamobile; CZ: Vodafone, Oskar; ES: Lebara; GR: Vodafone, Wind; UA: Vodafone; IL: Orange; TR: Turkcell