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achu · 21-07-2006, 21:58

I also received my SIM yesterday. I only played around with it a bit last night. I used it in two older tri-band phones. One is SonyEricsson T68 and another is Samsung s200. I am located in California and we have 2 choices for GSM network (the older T-Mobile/pre-meger Cingular and the newer AT&T/post-merger Cingular). Both networks are GSM 1900. I could register and activate with both networks without any problems.

Both phones have no problem receiving incoming calls. I found that the delay between calling my Ohio DID (using a regular landline) and my cellphone actually ringing is really negligible. Most of the time the cellphone rang before the first "connecting to the mobile phone" message is completed. As other people have noted, people calling the DID will get charged the first minute even if we don't pickup the phone. I double checked that with a regular prepaid calling card. The caller (me) got charged 1 minute even when I hang up before reaching the voice mail.

I had a bit more trouble making phone calls. Neither of my older phones wanted to dial out using the "non-menu" method. AT&T's network would just give me a fast beep if I try to dial the number directly. T-Mobile network would give me an error message, saying something to the effect of "error message 10, SDG 05". I also had a hard time initially trying to find the "menu" method of calling out. For whatever reason, my Samsung does not list the "Call To" menu option by default. It took me a while until I figured out that I had to choose "Menu On/Off" to "On" before that option would show up. My SonyEricsson does not have this problem. After I figured that out, making phone calls is quick and easy. The call back usually happens within 2-3 seconds.

I really didn't have the chance to check out the voicemail system. I didn't have a good chance to check the voice quality either (didn't really want to talk to myself :P ).

The original purpose of the Yackie card was for my wife to use on her business trip at Singapore. Unfortunately the SIM arrived about a week late. She ended up buying a local SIM. I think I'll write a quick review of that on the appropriate forum.

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achu (Offline) Junior Member Amateur Member Posts: 22 Join Date: 07 Jul 2006 Country:	21-07-2006, 21:58 I also received my SIM yesterday. I only played around with it a bit last night. I used it in two older tri-band phones. One is SonyEricsson T68 and another is Samsung s200. I am located in California and we have 2 choices for GSM network (the older T-Mobile/pre-meger Cingular and the newer AT&T/post-merger Cingular). Both networks are GSM 1900. I could register and activate with both networks without any problems. Both phones have no problem receiving incoming calls. I found that the delay between calling my Ohio DID (using a regular landline) and my cellphone actually ringing is really negligible. Most of the time the cellphone rang before the first "connecting to the mobile phone" message is completed. As other people have noted, people calling the DID will get charged the first minute even if we don't pickup the phone. I double checked that with a regular prepaid calling card. The caller (me) got charged 1 minute even when I hang up before reaching the voice mail. I had a bit more trouble making phone calls. Neither of my older phones wanted to dial out using the "non-menu" method. AT&T's network would just give me a fast beep if I try to dial the number directly. T-Mobile network would give me an error message, saying something to the effect of "error message 10, SDG 05". I also had a hard time initially trying to find the "menu" method of calling out. For whatever reason, my Samsung does not list the "Call To" menu option by default. It took me a while until I figured out that I had to choose "Menu On/Off" to "On" before that option would show up. My SonyEricsson does not have this problem. After I figured that out, making phone calls is quick and easy. The call back usually happens within 2-3 seconds. I really didn't have the chance to check out the voicemail system. I didn't have a good chance to check the voice quality either (didn't really want to talk to myself :P ). The original purpose of the Yackie card was for my wife to use on her business trip at Singapore. Unfortunately the SIM arrived about a week late. She ended up buying a local SIM. I think I'll write a quick review of that on the appropriate forum.