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Originally Posted by MATHA531
There seems to be a pattern emerging here, don't you think.
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Are you SPECIFICALLY suggesting that the globals have been and ARE losing any traction or advantage they may have had? And, as a result, they are either closing their operations or raising their prices to remain viable?
I believe that would be a shame. But it may be inevitable.
At one time there was some talk of UM offering German numbers instead of IOM and FL. I believe the foreign numbers have been a strong deterrent to expanding their market share in Germany and probably in other countries. Have seen nothing about it lately.
The national carriers at least in Germany and UK offer plenty of low cost "come-on" TRY ME throw-away-the-SIM-card offers. But someone who travels internationally does not want to have to tell his/her(? - do we have any ladies around the forum) business associates, friends and family to use "this new FL, IOM, ESTONIAN, etc. #" to reach me THIS trip. And next trip the number changes.
Stan