yackie mobile changed min usage

PhotoJim · 14-06-2008, 15:47

One other thing Yackie could do that would be better is to not require $x of activity, but to charge a fee of $x less recent activity. This way no intervention would be required by the user, except if the balance on the account is insufficient. Right now the user has to get out the SIM and actually make calls to use up the $5, which for some will be a bother.

GadgetKen · 16-06-2008, 18:39

Don't like the new $5 minimum policy.

Use the Yackie sim primarily for November to January trips to non-US Caribbean destinations(supplementing my regional Digicel prepaid sim card and an Iridium handset). They cancelled my local DID despite doing a test call/SMS after they sent a warning email. I activated the local DID again, and they cancelled it a second time. I just reactivated it a second time.

Don't like the way Yackie is playing games with their customers. While I understand that a local DID number does have costs, a minimum useage policy is not a "free" number. A more palatable solution to me would have been a cellular PBX, where everybody would have the same local access number but a different 5 or 6 digit internal exchange number. Think I will just use up my Yackie sim card, and not add any more airtime.

Thinking of just getting one of the new UM +423 Data sim cards as a replacement.

VladS · 16-06-2008, 18:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by GadgetKen

I activated the local DID again, and they cancelled it a second time. I just reactivated it a second time.

Same here. I had the second number for 3 days and got a cancelation email this morning.

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PhotoJim (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 389 Join Date: 10 Dec 2006 Location: Regina, SK, CA Country:	14-06-2008, 15:47 One other thing Yackie could do that would be better is to not require $x of activity, but to charge a fee of $x less recent activity. This way no intervention would be required by the user, except if the balance on the account is insufficient. Right now the user has to get out the SIM and actually make calls to use up the $5, which for some will be a bother. CA: SaskTel, Wind postpaid; Rogers, Bell postpaid iPad flex plans; US: T-Mobile postpaid data, prepaid voice; PureTalk (AT&T MVNO) prepaid voice/data; AT&T prepaid iPad plan Hardware: Too much but notably iPhone 5, iPad Mini Retina LTE, Moto G LTE (N.A. version), iPhone 4. All unlocked.

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GadgetKen (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 342 Join Date: 14 Dec 2004 Location: Connecticut, USA Country:	16-06-2008, 18:39 Don't like the new $5 minimum policy. Use the Yackie sim primarily for November to January trips to non-US Caribbean destinations(supplementing my regional Digicel prepaid sim card and an Iridium handset). They cancelled my local DID despite doing a test call/SMS after they sent a warning email. I activated the local DID again, and they cancelled it a second time. I just reactivated it a second time. Don't like the way Yackie is playing games with their customers. While I understand that a local DID number does have costs, a minimum useage policy is not a "free" number. A more palatable solution to me would have been a cellular PBX, where everybody would have the same local access number but a different 5 or 6 digit internal exchange number. Think I will just use up my Yackie sim card, and not add any more airtime. Thinking of just getting one of the new UM +423 Data sim cards as a replacement. Phones/Wireless Devices: Doogee S90, Isatphone Pro, Amazon Kindle 3G, SkyRoam MiFi device, Karma MiFi device, AT&T Liberate MiFi device Sim Cards: T-Mobile (Mint), AT&T (Mifi device or Kindle), Koko Satphone: InMarSat Broadband US Wireless Data: AT&T postpaid, Sprint (Karma Mobility prepaid) Broadband International Data: SkyRoam VOIP: Skype