Maxroam (aka Roam4Free V2)

[MATHA531]

Originally Posted by harryb

Too bad that user name is unknown by that server.


Although they can't spend the big bucks on ads, they must have a great PR person who got David Pogue of the New York Times to write a feature article on MaxRoam in Thursdays paper. He gave the concept a rave review and only in the last few sentences did he reflect the reality of what is actually provided.

harryb

Here's the link for the article:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/27/te...ref=technology

Quite an interesting article but obviously the author has little experience with international roaming....he is amazed, for example, that in order to make a call you have to dial the number, wait for a callback, and listen to a voice saying please wait while we complete your call! And he is absolutely fascinated that you have the ability to take a T Mobile US or AT&T phone, provided it is unlocked, switch the sim cards and you now have a phone with a different worldwise number...how revolutinary...I wonder why others haven't thought of that (he also neglects to discuss the frequency issue and that a cheap T Mo and AT&T phone lacking both 900 and 1800 will not work in Europe and that a phone lacking one or the other might not work in certain places)....he also gives the caveat that calls travel over the internet and your call will be perfectly understandable but slightly muffled with a delay (nobody ever mentions that calls made with those calling cards that give loads of minutes for next to nothing also travel that way).

But it is an interesting article worth taking a look at.