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Overall I like Toggle mobile.

Same issue trying to purchase a card, they sent me one for free. I use Paypal to top-up card.

But there have been issues for sure. Frankly the US # doesn't work reliably enough to be a valid option. As the OP says it can take multiple calls for a call to connect. I had initially got a Denmark # as US #s were not available when I first set it up. Using the Denmark # and Localphone.com to forward to the Denmark # has worked for me with fairly good reliability, though text messages don't get passed through Localphone.com it seems.

I can't comment on the text messages much, but I seemed to get text messages from people here in Europe and they received my messages from what I can tell. I haven't been exchanging text messages with people in the States directly though as I use Google Voice.

My setup is a cheap $28 Quad Band Dual SIM Samsung GT-E1182L (purchased on Amazon.com) which has both a Truphone and Piranha Mobile SIM cards in it. Then a Samsung Galaxy Nexus with the Toggle Mobile card in it. Also an LG Nexus 4 which I use if I decide to purchase a local SIM card.

Then use Google Voice to forward calls and text messages to all three SIM cards. Truphone and Piranha-Mobile both provide US #s. For Toggle Mobile I forward calls (not texts) to Localphone.com. With Google Voice I can see and reply to texts with Google Voice app on phone or use the website. If I buy a local SIM in the country then I will have Google Voice forward calls to Toggle Mobile US # and Localphone.com forward to my local SIM phone #. Complicated I know!

At the moment I am in the Czech Republic which is NOT a Toggle Mobile country. So I have moved the Toggle Mobile SIM card to the Samsung Dual SIM phone and the Piranha-Mobile SIM to the Samsung Galaxy Nexus (Android) phone. I also bought a local SIM card for my LG Nexus 4.

Making calls to the US on Toggle Mobile has worked well when I am in a Toggle Mobile "local country" and the cost is pretty cheap at 3 pence/minute.

There are issues for sure with Toggle Mobile, but I am willing to live with those issues so far.