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andy · 01-04-2006, 21:49

Vodafone Passport was launched in UK about last June, but first rumoured in Jan and announced in March.

I recently read that about 30% of UK customers are registered, but I don't recall whether that was out of only people that use roaming, or all or only post-paid subscribers.

Most but not all Vodafone networks have a similar arrangement, though under different brand names. Not reading all the languages means I can't tell if the terms are always the same, but the UK version has calls in the roamed country and back to UK at the normal tariff ie prepaid tariff or out of inclusive postpaid minutes.

The cheap calls back to the SIM's home country mean that you can use a calling card that doesn't necessarily have a Maltese access number, but one in the SIMs home country. So this could be of interest to US readers.

If I was making one long call to family, I'd dial direct, but has also struck me that a series of calls could be combined by using the calling card # follow on feature - the extra 2c a minute could be worthwhile to save the connect fees to Vodafone.

I haven't actually done this yet, but I intend to have Vodafone UK SIM and Bizon calling card as a backup or alternative to other SIMs, especially off-peak at 5p per minute Voda plus 2c Bizon. Enjoyprepaid would be similar rates.

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andy (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Prophet Posts: 2,128 Join Date: 10 Dec 2004 Country:	01-04-2006, 21:49 Vodafone Passport was launched in UK about last June, but first rumoured in Jan and announced in March. I recently read that about 30% of UK customers are registered, but I don't recall whether that was out of only people that use roaming, or all or only post-paid subscribers. Most but not all Vodafone networks have a similar arrangement, though under different brand names. Not reading all the languages means I can't tell if the terms are always the same, but the UK version has calls in the roamed country and back to UK at the normal tariff ie prepaid tariff or out of inclusive postpaid minutes. The cheap calls back to the SIM's home country mean that you can use a calling card that doesn't necessarily have a Maltese access number, but one in the SIMs home country. So this could be of interest to US readers. If I was making one long call to family, I'd dial direct, but has also struck me that a series of calls could be combined by using the calling card # follow on feature - the extra 2c a minute could be worthwhile to save the connect fees to Vodafone. I haven't actually done this yet, but I intend to have Vodafone UK SIM and Bizon calling card as a backup or alternative to other SIMs, especially off-peak at 5p per minute Voda plus 2c Bizon. Enjoyprepaid would be similar rates.