Lycamobile US?

[borjeg]

Originally Posted by andy

I wouldn't place big bets on that lasting forever. The number of countries where the associated brand Toggle has free incoming calls has dropped from over 140 to about 60 to just over 20, with some more with zero per minute plus a connection fee

I was refering to 3GSM-nets in general. Very few of these nets have fees for incomming calls. I know only of the nets in two countries, Canada and USA, but there are perhaps more.

The situation for international prepaids differ. They have to make money in different manners.

[borjeg]

Originally Posted by rfranzq

Most seem to be 30 cents a minute incoming now. I think they started up the website before they had finished filling in the rates.

Yes, that seems to be the matter for Lycamobile US. I was mainly stating that 3GSM-nets very seldom charge for incomming calls, but some international prepaids differ in that sense.

[Stu]

I ordered one two weeks ago and haven't received it. What is it running? I just checked their inbound rates while roaming and the free has disappeared. $1.84 inbound in Canada.

[rfranzq]

Originally Posted by Stu

I ordered one two weeks ago and haven't received it. What is it running?
I just checked their inbound rates while roaming and the free has disappeared.
$1.84 inbound in Canada.

What is it running?

I'm sorry, could you rephrase the question?

For international use one would probably really need to use it in the countries
that it does have good rates. On the other hand, it never hurts to have an
extra SIM to use when others fail. Of course, if they all fail your're hosed.

[Stu]

My point was two weeks ago, it said that inbound calls in Canada were free.

[rfranzq]

Originally Posted by Stu

My point was two weeks ago, it said that inbound calls in Canada were free.

I think it is more incompetence [see free SIM address snafu]than evil intentions.
As I said earlier in this thread:

I think they started up the website before they had finished filling in the rates.

It will be interesting to see what they will look like 90 days from now.

[Stu]

I agree. I'm actually thinking about Lyca at a second house we are building for its prepaid data for one purpose only. We are going to have home monitoring system -- alarm, thermostat, etc. It will need an internet connection to report back, but won't need much data. six cents a meg seems perfect for something like that.

[rfranzq]

Originally Posted by Stu

I agree. I'm actually thinking about Lyca at a second house we are building for its prepaid data for one purpose only. We are going to have home monitoring system -- alarm, thermostat, etc. It will need an internet connection to report back, but won't need much data. six cents a meg seems perfect for something like that.

Well, as long as they don't charge for data in some wierd way that would really disadvantage such a low data usage!

[VladS]

Originally Posted by Stu

I agree. I'm actually thinking about Lyca at a second house we are building for its prepaid data for one purpose only. We are going to have home monitoring system -- alarm, thermostat, etc. It will need an internet connection to report back, but won't need much data. six cents a meg seems perfect for something like that.

You should be good with it as long as the thermostat is not one of the new Honeywell WiFi ones. I've got one, love it, but it's a chatterbox. It keeps talking to mother ship all the time.

[Stu]

I think of a Nest.