My experience with Onesimcard.

[rfranzq]

Originally Posted by OneSimCard

If you are a OneSimCard customer then you can give out our common local or toll free access numbers found in the user guide (or order a personal access number) to your friends, family, colleagues, etc. Numbers are currently available in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Germany, France, Spain, Austria, Australia and Israel. People can call your Estonian mobile number this way and the cost is just charged to your OneSimCard account at 35c/min.

1. How much is a personal access number both US and Canada]? Is there a choice of area codes or are they pretty limited [all in Massachusetts]?

2. I guess I know the answer to this one. From the US one can call the toll free access number or the local access number [and a personal access number] all for the same 35c/min. I know the price/cost difference is tiny [no more than 2 cents perhaps?]. Is there no way to have some price difference show itself? Not worth the effort? I know I would try to save some cents here of there [that is, choose to use a local access number over the toll free one].
Thanks for being here.

[powerlifter]

Originally Posted by rfranzq

1. How much is a personal access number both US and Canada]? Is there a choice of area codes or are they pretty limited [all in Massachusetts]?

2. I guess I know the answer to this one. From the US one can call the toll free access number or the local access number [and a personal access number] all for the same 35c/min. I know the price/cost difference is tiny [no more than 2 cents perhaps?]. Is there no way to have some price difference show itself? Not worth the effort? I know I would try to save some cents here of there [that is, choose to use a local access number over the toll free one].
Thanks for being here.

Several years ago I used a International roaming card. It was a Hop card. It went bankrupt and I lost over $100.00 of credit. Lesson learned. Now I use a local sim card. When I saw the .35 cents for a personal access number it reminded me of Hop. I have a 866 number that I can send to any sim card in the world. It is $2.00 a month and .6 cents a minute to call anywhere in Europe. What a huge profit for onesim. I have the number on my business card. So anyone can call me if they need to get a hold of me. All I have to do is go online an redirect the number to the sim I am using. Very simple and efficient. There are many companies that do this, and they have toll free numbers in many countries. I am through with International sims. They are to expensive,and the local sims in the EU are cheap now for roaming.

[prion]

Originally Posted by powerlifter

Several years ago I used a International roaming card. It was a Hop card. It went bankrupt and I lost over $100.00 of credit. Lesson learned. Now I use a local sim card. When I saw the .35 cents for a personal access number it reminded me of Hop. I have a 866 number that I can send to any sim card in the world. It is $2.00 a month and .6 cents a minute to call anywhere in Europe. What a huge profit for onesim. I have the number on my business card. So anyone can call me if they need to get a hold of me. All I have to do is go online an redirect the number to the sim I am using. Very simple and efficient. There are many companies that do this, and they have toll free numbers in many countries. I am through with International sims. They are to expensive,and the local sims in the EU are cheap now for roaming.

Do you mean it costs 6 cents/min to forward to a mobile in Europe or landline only?

[powerlifter]

Originally Posted by prion

Do you mean it costs 6 cents/min to forward to a mobile in Europe or landline only?

Yes I do. only .6cents for Russia I think it is .13 cents.

[mingelli]

Can you explain which company you use to forward the Did number for that price?

[snidely]

Originally Posted by powerlifter

Several years ago I used a International roaming card. It was a Hop card. It went bankrupt and I lost over $100.00 of credit. Lesson learned. Now I use a local sim card. When I saw the .35 cents for a personal access number it reminded me of Hop. I have a 866 number that I can send to any sim card in the world. It is $2.00 a month and .6 cents a minute to call anywhere in Europe. What a huge profit for onesim. I have the number on my business card. So anyone can call me if they need to get a hold of me. All I have to do is go online an redirect the number to the sim I am using. Very simple and efficient. There are many companies that do this, and they have toll free numbers in many countries. I am through with International sims. They are to expensive,and the local sims in the EU are cheap now for roaming.

I tend to agree. I have used VoiceStick.com, in the past, to do this from the U.S. to a pre-paid SIM.
Now, I often manage to make use of T-Mobile U.S. ability to make free calls back to U.S. if you have a wifi connection. That, and the ability to get/send email on my BB for 67 cents/day often means I don't need a pre-paid.
As many have discovered, many LD carriers refused to carry calls to high priced numbers like +372 mobile and formerly to United Mobile in Lichtenstein. I wouldn't dare have business contacts or friends spend lots of $ to call me. I always make sure they can get me by using my regular number - which then gets forwarded.
Once Google Voice initiates forwarding to intl. numbers - it will make things easy. GV has all kinds of advanced features. Numbers are free. You can use them to dial overseas, now, just not fwd.

...mike

[joeljcj2]

-what l are they talking about?
what are smses? do i care?
i want to rent a phone, call hotels, etc. for 3 weeks --price rteasonably
i want to use it in poland lithuania latvia estonia
just to call hotels, call home, etc

will i rent this phone, receve it, open it up, and use it without a masters in electrical engineering or computer sciences or programming

[willydat]

sms stands for "short message service" and simply is text-message in german!
(although it is an abreveation for an english term)

[OneSimCard]

Originally Posted by joeljcj2

i want to rent a phone, call hotels, etc. for 3 weeks --price rteasonably
i want to use it in poland lithuania latvia estonia
just to call hotels, call home, etc

will i rent this phone, receve it, open it up, and use it without a masters in electrical engineering or computer sciences or programming

You do not need advanced degrees or special knowledge to use OneSimCard. As long as you know how to use a cell phone and dial in international format, i.e. 00-1-617-313-8888, then you will be all set. If you have any questions about international cell phone rental, please read through our Frequently Asked Questions http://www.onesimcard.com/faq and send any questions to our customer support team online at http://www.onesimcard.com/contact.php.

[OneSimCard]

Originally Posted by rfranzq

1. How much is a personal access number both US and Canada]? Is there a choice of area codes or are they pretty limited [all in Massachusetts]?

2. I guess I know the answer to this one. From the US one can call the toll free access number or the local access number [and a personal access number] all for the same 35c/min. I know the price/cost difference is tiny [no more than 2 cents perhaps?]. Is there no way to have some price difference show itself? Not worth the effort? I know I would try to save some cents here of there [that is, choose to use a local access number over the toll free one].
Thanks for being here.

1. The cost varies based on how long you subscribe to the personal second number ($1.67-$4.99/mo for local U.S. or toll free U.S./Canada; $4.99-$8.99 for local Canada). There are a number of area codes available in the U.S. and we currently offer three area codes in Canada (Calgary, Toronto, Vancouver).

2. Yes it is 35c/min billed to the received whether you use a common or personal access number. One advantage of the personal access number is that there is no prompt so you can use it for call forwarding from your domestic cell, office, etc.