Maxroam (aka Roam4Free V2)

[ygeffens]

MAXroam updated the rate-page just minutes ago.

http://www.maxroam.com/how-much-does-it-cost.asp

It's better than it was before. Just one thing is missing, the price for an additional local number.

I'm curious when I get my account info. I'd like to see the management pages.

[andy]

Originally Posted by ygeffens

It's better than it was before. Just one thing is missing, the price for an additional local number.

Something else is missing: any variation of tariff. Can it really be the same price to landlines and mobile phones, to Belgium, Vanuatu and satellite phones?
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Reading some of Mr Phelan's feedback on blogs, it appears that he is highlighting the caller vs receiver pays issue. As bbob says, with other SIMs, the choice of forwarding is one's own and probably cheaper.

Having someone as technically savvy and well regarded as Mr Pogue completely fail to notice incoming charges of over a dollar a minute, either on the account or even the website *, is something of a PR coup. Nobody else has managed to get roaming in the USA down to 15 cents. But it's simple: get a local SIM card and divert to it; any of us could set up a landline DID to do that from our contract inclusive minutes at very minimal cost like a cent.



* the tariffs were published on the website for a while, then offline again

[ViJu]

Originally Posted by SKO

Anyone who is reading this and isn't immediately cynical please feel free to e-mail me with your address at "sean(dot)omahony(at)cubicmobile(dot)com" and I'll send you a free SIM.

Anyone received free SIM . I didn't get any answer to my request from Sean Omahony.

[Keighleyboy]

Originally Posted by ViJu

Anyone received free SIM.

I have not got mine yet, just an email to say it will be done when they get round to doing all the paid customers first

[ViJu]

Anyone here is using Maxroam ?

[plunderisley]

Originally Posted by Keighleyboy

I have not got mine yet, just an email to say it will be done when they get round to doing all the paid customers first

when I sent a email earlier, it came back with a message that the email address does not exist

[Keighleyboy]

Originally Posted by plunderisley

when I sent a email earlier, it came back with a message that the email address does not exist

MaxRoam seem to be just hot air so far no substance yet

[plunderisley]

Hmm, actually might be good in some countries with the calls from the USA.
One less company to route my number through

[MATHA531]

Excuse my ignorance...

What is a RPP-obsessed US customers ?

[Przemolog]

Originally Posted by MATHA531

Excuse my ignorance...

What is a RPP-obsessed US customers ?

OK, I used wrong words. RPP is a side-effect, not your target, of course .
My general impression from posts on this forum regarding the use of mobile phones abroad is that you, the US people, for some reasons are "obsessed" about being accessible on US phone numbers. That's why SIMs that provide US DID numbers with relatively low-cost forwarding to "real" SIM numbers are what you need. All this results in RPP payment model....