I'm not quite sure whether to suggest that this Callblue product deserves a separate thread, or whether it might be an alternative brand for CallKey or is another IoM SIM.
Comparing the 0044 and Callblue destination lists shows up several differences, but then looking at the Geodesa site ticks off most of the exceptions. The only ambiguities are Aruba, Bosnia & Hercegovina and St Kitts/Nevis/Anguilla.
However, our new member has pointed mainly to prices, and it must be said that at the moment the Callblue rates of 51c or 61c per minute look rather higher than 20 to 30c from CallKey. I am at a loss to understand this remark
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From France I paid $0.43 per minute which worked out to be around 22p per minute which was something compared to my existing Orange calls of ?1.50 per minute.
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The Callblue listed rate from France is 51c, not 43c, that is about 28p, and it is not clear whether this includes VAT or not. And to call a UK or other European mobile from Europe costs 79c to $1.01 which is only marginally cheaper than using O2 contract roaming at 58p or Orange at 70p. The quoted ?1.50 from France on an Orange UK contract is fictitious, and as a result I am slightly sceptical about these remarks.
As ticex and I discussed earlier in the thread, CallKey's tariff for France to European landlines is $0.206 plus VAT, = 14p, and there are prospects of making cheaper arrangements at about 9.5p. It is true that CallKey's rates to mobiles are not quite so great, but they are still a lot less than Callblue, and again, there are other callback services that would charge from ?0.30 apart from my idea around 19p.
Is the call forwarding to voicemail to email using this SIM, or a separate product with the company? There are other services with free voicemail and fax to email using ordinary area codes, and the call forwarding would be cheaper than forwarding to a mobile.