Maxroam (aka Roam4Free V2)

bbob · 05-10-2007, 08:15

Like Bossman said same company that yackie used before.

So far the story about maxroam's direct connection they have to go through a provider like I said.

The next question now is, have they really hooked up their maxroam equipment using a direct line to 02 in israel or are they just forwarding the call to the 02 mobile number. I think it's the last one.

A forward to israel mobile cost only 4,8 eurocent per minute which is even lower that forward to iom or jersey mobile.
This explains why incoming call in israel are only 14 eurocent per minute.

"I send an SMS to the UK number that I was assigned, the message did not arrive (as expected, it's a landline number)."

There are landlines that can receive sms, in the netherlands kpn does offer this service so technically it is possible. I assume it does require special equipment to receive the sms and that this is not very common.

So the question now is how does sms work. The idea behind this all was that you did not really have a mobile number to give out, just a fixed did number.

Also note incoming call cost to arab countries, these are high and like yackie this has eveything to do with the "good" relation between israel and the arab countries.

So to me it just looks like nothing new, just another supplier using existing systems and not spectacular.

The biggest question reamins, why did yackie drop this israel route and is maxroam now using it again ?

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bbob (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 499 Join Date: 20 Feb 2007 Country:	05-10-2007, 08:15 Like Bossman said same company that yackie used before. So far the story about maxroam's direct connection they have to go through a provider like I said. The next question now is, have they really hooked up their maxroam equipment using a direct line to 02 in israel or are they just forwarding the call to the 02 mobile number. I think it's the last one. A forward to israel mobile cost only 4,8 eurocent per minute which is even lower that forward to iom or jersey mobile. This explains why incoming call in israel are only 14 eurocent per minute. "I send an SMS to the UK number that I was assigned, the message did not arrive (as expected, it's a landline number)." There are landlines that can receive sms, in the netherlands kpn does offer this service so technically it is possible. I assume it does require special equipment to receive the sms and that this is not very common. So the question now is how does sms work. The idea behind this all was that you did not really have a mobile number to give out, just a fixed did number. Also note incoming call cost to arab countries, these are high and like yackie this has eveything to do with the "good" relation between israel and the arab countries. So to me it just looks like nothing new, just another supplier using existing systems and not spectacular. The biggest question reamins, why did yackie drop this israel route and is maxroam now using it again ?