Suggestion for an international card

Carl · 28-06-2006, 19:26

Dear Effendi-

Although I have used country-specific prepaid SIM cards in the past, I will be taking a multi-country vacation trip with my wife in September

which probably requires an "international" card. At this point, the United Mobile and Yackie Mobile cards are in contention.

As to the UM card, the data on this site suggests that calls to the U.S. will cost something in the neighborhood of $2.00 per minute

. Based on my analysis of what is shown on the UM website, it appears that the cost of a call to the US (from most of Europe) is $0.79 for the first minute, and $0.49 thereafter. Am I missing something in my analysis?

The disadvantage of the UM card, from my perspective, is that calls to a +423 cell phone from my US land-line carrier (AT&T) are charged at a rate of $0.43 per minute. On the other hand, such calls are "free" at the receiving end.

The main attraction of the Yackie Mobile plan is that it will be essentially free to a person calling from the United States, of some importance to me since the people calling will probably be either my children, or my office. (In either case, I will end up paying

.) On the other hand, it looks like I will have to pay $0.24 per minute on the receiving end when using the Yackie card, the card itself is more expensive, and the company appears to be suffering from growing pains, at present. Fortunately, I have time to see how this plays out.

I would appreciate it if you (or anyone else) would comment on any flaws in my analysis.

Lastly, many thanks for maintaining this valuable site. I have learned a lot in my visits here.

Carl

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Carl (Offline) Junior Member Newbie Posts: 5 Join Date: 28 Jun 2006 Location: Chicago Country:	28-06-2006, 19:26 Dear Effendi- Although I have used country-specific prepaid SIM cards in the past, I will be taking a multi-country vacation trip with my wife in September which probably requires an "international" card. At this point, the United Mobile and Yackie Mobile cards are in contention. As to the UM card, the data on this site suggests that calls to the U.S. will cost something in the neighborhood of $2.00 per minute . Based on my analysis of what is shown on the UM website, it appears that the cost of a call to the US (from most of Europe) is $0.79 for the first minute, and $0.49 thereafter. Am I missing something in my analysis? The disadvantage of the UM card, from my perspective, is that calls to a +423 cell phone from my US land-line carrier (AT&T) are charged at a rate of $0.43 per minute. On the other hand, such calls are "free" at the receiving end. The main attraction of the Yackie Mobile plan is that it will be essentially free to a person calling from the United States, of some importance to me since the people calling will probably be either my children, or my office. (In either case, I will end up paying .) On the other hand, it looks like I will have to pay $0.24 per minute on the receiving end when using the Yackie card, the card itself is more expensive, and the company appears to be suffering from growing pains, at present. Fortunately, I have time to see how this plays out. I would appreciate it if you (or anyone else) would comment on any flaws in my analysis. Lastly, many thanks for maintaining this valuable site. I have learned a lot in my visits here. Carl