[Stu]

My primary purpose on these SIMs is use abroad, but I give weight to a SIM that works easily at home as well. (Meaning the US, not the UAE anymore -- I still am a frequent visitor, but have moved back to the States a few years back).

My best friend and his son visit us a couple of times a year from Oz. When they come, I loan them US SIMs and Telna would be great. When I'm traveling, I'll sometimes take a second phone with me if I think it will come in handy and I'll often head off to the airport with the forwarding on and the roaming SIM engaged if the rate of using it at the airport isn't very much.

My wife and I live on the Canadian border. She is working twenty weeks over the next year in Canada. This year I'm just giving ATT the $200 bucks and extending my family plan into Canada. That way she doesn't have to think about it and can call Canada without worrying about calling cards. When that gig is over, I'll probably use Telna for Canada. When I leave my house, I'll just use Telna for the twenty minute trip to the border and not worry about pulling over and SIM swapping near the border.

At 8 cents a minute, it is a great second phone. It is also a good deal for a senior citizen. I'm carrying my inlaws on my family plan. They go through half an hour a month. I had them on prepaid, but my father-in-law couldn't stay on the prepaid cycle. TMobile Gold with manual recharges might make sense, but this would be no hassle.

I'm also recommending the phone to a close friend who lives in Dubai but is from Florida. She is TMobile Gold, but I thought that the roaming part of the phone was a good deal.

Now as a TMobile MVNO, if they could figure out how to make Hotspot (UMA) work in a TMobile handset, that would be great. As many people know, there are several countries where UMA works and SIP doesn't.