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andy · 29-01-2009, 17:44

At least you've posted it openly, instead of your past habit of dropping hints and asking for PMs or emails.

I agree with Effendi about the rates. Any claim that this is cheaper than all rivals is pure fantasy. I think you've misunderstood or more likely ignored what he said about roaming with his home SIM card. In fact all EU and several other European networks have cheaper roaming in Europe than this. And probably elsewhere in the world.

$2.49 in Dubai. Getting an Etisalat or Du SIM would be better. And other roaming SIMs have rates there less than a fifth of that price; using callback is not inconvenient enough to forego the saving. Australia $1.09, ouch. $2.99 in plenty of countries. Being cheaper than Mobal isn't necessarily an achievement when their rates are often more than double those of their underlying O2 SIM card, which would charge me 85p or £1.37 in a lot of your $2.99 places. In fact O2 prepaid is maximum of 99p to UK from anywhere in the world it has roaming. I suspect an add-on option on Wind is one of the best for calling home.

Sell it to Americans perhaps, but I'd be surprised to hear of strong sales throughout the world. I think most of us on here will stick with a mixture of other roaming and local SIMs.

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andy (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Prophet Posts: 2,128 Join Date: 10 Dec 2004 Country:	29-01-2009, 17:44 At least you've posted it openly, instead of your past habit of dropping hints and asking for PMs or emails. I agree with Effendi about the rates. Any claim that this is cheaper than all rivals is pure fantasy. I think you've misunderstood or more likely ignored what he said about roaming with his home SIM card. In fact all EU and several other European networks have cheaper roaming in Europe than this. And probably elsewhere in the world. $2.49 in Dubai. Getting an Etisalat or Du SIM would be better. And other roaming SIMs have rates there less than a fifth of that price; using callback is not inconvenient enough to forego the saving. Australia $1.09, ouch. $2.99 in plenty of countries. Being cheaper than Mobal isn't necessarily an achievement when their rates are often more than double those of their underlying O2 SIM card, which would charge me 85p or £1.37 in a lot of your $2.99 places. In fact O2 prepaid is maximum of 99p to UK from anywhere in the world it has roaming. I suspect an add-on option on Wind is one of the best for calling home. Sell it to Americans perhaps, but I'd be surprised to hear of strong sales throughout the world. I think most of us on here will stick with a mixture of other roaming and local SIMs.