[skof9mr02]

I purchased a MobilityPass Voice SIM card based on their statements on their website assuming it is similar to other prepaid roaming SIM cards. But after completing the purchase and making few calls I realized that there are some facts that the user community need to be aware of.

First of all, they force you to sign up for a MobilityPass account - which looks benign at first. But if you read the fine prints (which I unfortunately ignored), you will see that there is a minimum usage fee of $5 per month if your usage is less than $5 in a month. They do not charge this if there is no usage in an entire month. But if you made a call for only $1 in a month, they will still charge you $5 for that month.

Second, they force you to have an auto-recharge mechanism that will recharge your credit card when your credit falls below $25. While having an auto-recharge mechanism is good for many, there are people out there who would like to just add credit when they want without having an auto-recharge mechanism. Also their auto-recharge threshold of $25 is rather high for me, and I would have liked it to be selectable as low as $5 since my usage is low. But the worst part is that you cannot turn off auto-recharge, which I have not seen in any other pre-paid SIM card so far.