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Default 29-08-2008, 23:12

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Originally Posted by Roaming_student View Post
Mobal rates are twice more expensive then all other SIM cards, I don't see I should I pay more when I can pay less. In regards of UM their residuals are not very attractive, comparing to other players. I'm looking for the product which will generate profit repetitive business and not users complaints
As the saying goes, we're divided by a common language. I really don't understand what you mean by residuals; these are hardly cars for leasing companies to calculate depreciation figures to underwrite.

I think it will depend what you are planning. If you are just acting to advise fellow employees and friends and family, then I'd definitely suggest getting more than one brand of SIM card, but if you are after entering the market yourself (as your switch of emphasis and tone implies) then it's obviously more difficult to carry a number of them.

This forum isn't really for offering commercial advice, more for amateur interest. But nevertheless:

There is plenty of info on here and elsewhere that you can read and pick through the minutiae, without asking others to precis it for you. Then, buy a few of these SIMs and try them out for yourself.

You need to look at the products from different angles than we do, and your ideas will be better if grown out of direct experience. For example, what do you mean by reliability? A credit rating might help a reseller decide who to work with, but an individual would hardly bother with this for a modest credit on only one card per brand.

We've seen some resellers, even large companies with plenty of other telecoms interests, switch from one brand to another at various times; one may soon be on their third; a couple of others already are. The reasons will be various, sometimes too technical for most of us, and obviously commercially privileged and confidential, so I really wouldn't like to comment with poor guesswork; you'll have to read nuances between the lines and make up your own mind.

Or perhaps you are a student; I wouldn't pin your MBA on this business
   
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