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andy · 10-09-2008, 15:39

Now I'm wondering if there may be two distinct but possibly linked products being described here, and the email reply from the firm to bbob isn't being illuminating about what's available right now

If I'm in the UK and attach this to a UK SIM card, what is it going to do? Is it a second ID which makes it's own outgoing calls? Is it a callthrough system using my existing SIM and automatically going to Yackie's access numbers?

If so, it's hardly an innovation that will make calling cards and other callthroughs redundant, as they claim. Until about September last year, some UK contracts were able to call plenty of foreign destinations via several series of access numbers that required no account or further payment. And there are still plenty which have landline access numbers and the customer tops up their account, where the CLI of the phone is recognised automatically. And if the networks gradually implement sanctions on these, this would be probably affected too.

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andy (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Prophet Posts: 2,128 Join Date: 10 Dec 2004 Country:	10-09-2008, 15:39 Now I'm wondering if there may be two distinct but possibly linked products being described here, and the email reply from the firm to bbob isn't being illuminating about what's available right now If I'm in the UK and attach this to a UK SIM card, what is it going to do? Is it a second ID which makes it's own outgoing calls? Is it a callthrough system using my existing SIM and automatically going to Yackie's access numbers? If so, it's hardly an innovation that will make calling cards and other callthroughs redundant, as they claim. Until about September last year, some UK contracts were able to call plenty of foreign destinations via several series of access numbers that required no account or further payment. And there are still plenty which have landline access numbers and the customer tops up their account, where the CLI of the phone is recognised automatically. And if the networks gradually implement sanctions on these, this would be probably affected too.