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Stu · 01-08-2013, 13:13

Marschel,

I am familiar with the no roaming on the Three network deals in some countries, but could you elaborate about what 3-Austria is doing?

The problem with the offers at the outset will be the people who buy third country SIMs as a replacement for roaming SIMs. This will force carriers to either push costs up or restrict entry. I am guilty of doing this in 2009 when I took a Baltic Cruise. Vodafone UK had a deal where you could use your Vodafone SIM anywhere in the EU like you were home. I had a friend grab me a couple of them at the local market and ship them to me in the US. I used the SIM in the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Estonia and then pitched it. I setup a UK dial-in and call through it to the rest of the world via my Asterisks box. I set my VOIP dial-in as a "favorite."

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Stu (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Guru Posts: 1,091 Join Date: 11 Feb 2004 Location: Detroit (formerly Dubai) Country:	01-08-2013, 13:13 Marschel, I am familiar with the no roaming on the Three network deals in some countries, but could you elaborate about what 3-Austria is doing? The problem with the offers at the outset will be the people who buy third country SIMs as a replacement for roaming SIMs. This will force carriers to either push costs up or restrict entry. I am guilty of doing this in 2009 when I took a Baltic Cruise. Vodafone UK had a deal where you could use your Vodafone SIM anywhere in the EU like you were home. I had a friend grab me a couple of them at the local market and ship them to me in the US. I used the SIM in the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Estonia and then pitched it. I setup a UK dial-in and call through it to the rest of the world via my Asterisks box. I set my VOIP dial-in as a "favorite."