United Mobile+ (new service with +44 Jersey number)

[inquisitor]

Today I arrived in Mauritius, where UM+ works comparably fine:

Cellplus Mauritius
callback by Call: - (call aborts after quite a while without any callback)
callback by USSD: +
availability: +
outgoing SMS: +
incoming SMS: +

[fedeprovenza]

I think it would be interesting to enter incoming calls' numbers on 'My account': now we can see only outgoing calls' numbers

[andy]

A couple of days ago, I thought that AOL offer had at last expired, but it's still (or again) there; maybe it was something to do with my cookies

[elshaddai]

UM+ doesn't work in Trinidad, I got a ..Service not available.

[rp_aust]

A few months ago I bought a UM+ SIM in preparation for a family holiday in France in September. The SIM roamed onto both the Telstra and Optus networks and seemed OK. This week I bought a new el cheapo phone and tried the SIM again. On the new phone (LG KP202) the SIM registers on both Telstra and Optus, but cannot make calls - a message comes up that service is barred (even though I specifically had the phone network unblocked). Putting the SIM back in the old phone (Motorola L Series), again it registers on both networks, but can only complete a call (to an Australian landline phone) on the Optus network.

Adding injury to insult, my call credit has shrunk dramatically through these trials and I can only suppose that I am getting slugged a call connection fee (and maybe even call time) for each unsuccessful trial!

Reading through the posts for the previous couple of months I see that my experience is not unusual, and that the UM+ service is very flaky. At this point I could not recommend the "service", certainly not for any assured point of contact. Maybe I will have to buy a French SIM after all.....

[Bossman]

From reading through the posts, you will also observe that the UM+ sim does to work with direct dialing from a lot of phones. Most of the time, you want to disregard any message that displays on the screen when attempting an outgoing call. You will get something like "call not allowed" etc. As for the charges for calls that may not have connected, I have experienced the same. Most recently when I was in the Caribbean a couple of weeks ago.

Originally Posted by rp_aust

A few months ago I bought a UM+ SIM in preparation for a family holiday in France in September. The SIM roamed onto both the Telstra and Optus networks and seemed OK. This week I bought a new el cheapo phone and tried the SIM again. On the new phone (LG KP202) the SIM registers on both Telstra and Optus, but cannot make calls - a message comes up that service is barred (even though I specifically had the phone network unblocked). Putting the SIM back in the old phone (Motorola L Series), again it registers on both networks, but can only complete a call (to an Australian landline phone) on the Optus network.

Adding injury to insult, my call credit has shrunk dramatically through these trials and I can only suppose that I am getting slugged a call connection fee (and maybe even call time) for each unsuccessful trial!

Reading through the posts for the previous couple of months I see that my experience is not unusual, and that the UM+ service is very flaky. At this point I could not recommend the "service", certainly not for any assured point of contact. Maybe I will have to buy a French SIM after all.....

[Przemolog]

A few days ago, I checked my UM+ in a pretty compatible Siemens AX75 in three Polish networks. Things have changed since my previous tests in August 2007 (when my UM+ SIM arrived). That time, "direct dialing" worked correctly with Plus and Orange and with Era, only USSD code worked (not even "menu based calling"). Now, it works correctly with Plus and Era, but with Orange no callback occurs, however, the called phone rings 2 or 3 times. No caller ID.

[inquisitor]

According to page 3 of this document Jersey Telecom has an roaming agreement with Digicel, so UM+ should work down there.

So can you register on that network? If only callbacks fail, try triggering by USSD: Just enter *137*phonenumber# (e.g. *137*442079765722#) followed by the pick-up-key. Beyond that you could also try sending a text so see, if communication with UM+ fails completely or not.

[elshaddai]

Thanks Inquistor, I'm back in the UK..I'll try the *139* next time I'm there. UM+ works great in the UK as it picks up the strongest signal, I am on Vodafone so if I'm in an area of bad coverage I use the UM+ to switch network.

[kantor]

Special offer through Expedia: simcard EUR 0 EUR + EUR 14.90 initial credit

https://www.united-mobile.com/umo_sh...=expedia&lc=en