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Originally Posted by ckh
Do you all agree? 
Is this the best setup ever? I'm very curious... |
You did not mention the type of phone you have.
Will your phones work in Japan?
Onesimcard does not seem to have much traction in this forum. I do not know why. The Estonian number? [But you solve that with the US numbers.]
I would suggest at least one other brand SIM card, maybe two. There is bound to be some places Onesimcard should work but will not [might not be their fault either]. Also, a simple quadband phone as a spare & you can put one of your extra SIM
cards in that.
Your trip is not inexpensive and the extra SIMs and phones can be a kind of insurance to highten the possibility of communication in general and emergency communication if you needed. If money were no object, a satellite phone might be in order---but they are illegal in some countries.
Do report back on what you take and also your experience after the trip. Welcome to beta testing!
[After looking at the other responses, Piranha and Truphone would be good second choices for additional SIMs.]
ps No matter how hard you plan this aspect of your trip there will be shortcomings. That is why I suggest the extra SIMs.
Did you add this paragraph?
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Originally Posted by ckh
There is only one wish left. I would like to also connect a extra SIM with an US number where I can receive SMS messages for free. Do you therefore have some suggestions for me? This extra provider can then directly also be our backup provider for voice.  |
Truphone has free incoming SMS in the US for US number. I do not know if that works "overseas", but I think it might.