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Originally Posted by Richard10002
Had the problem with GT-Sim as per previous thread, and am considering Callblue again.
Just wondering how callblue can offer this kind of service again, and whether people believe they will survive?
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Speak to both GT SIM and Callblue and see what they propose.
I don't know what GT SIM are doing now, nor about what happened when these companies split their arrangement last year and whether anything to do with that is still open to you.
But anyway Callblue were recently offering a free SIM card, perhaps with some modest credit on that would at least let you test it. I know a friend has recently used one a fair amount in France and Spain without any problems.
There were also rather predatory adverts from certain other resellers, which have now been changed. But don't exchange in your old card to separate companies, both for security reasons and in case it gets working again soon.
At the moment, the main +447-numbered SIMs are Callblue ekit United Mobile and Xfone. Some former Callkey resellers are now split mainly across the last 3, but will probably also be receiving information from new owners
Most UK networks charge separately for most of these numbers, apart from: all come from inclusive minutes on Virgin, but they don't support call diversion of incoming calls. The IoM 079244 ekit numbers come from minutes on O2 CPW and Orange.
There are some other new operations in the pipeline, plus potential new arrangements from other brands discussed here, so you might hedge with only small credits on one or two for a while.
Or for use in Europe, the main networks are no longer terrible. A 3 UK SIM is cheaper than any of the global roaming ones for calling to UK mobiles at 25p, and cheaper than most to UK landlines; 10p incoming though. 3 Like Home applies in some countries. Or consider O2 My Europe Extra: £10 a month gets free incoming, 25p outgoing to all Europe, and look at using separate callback.