FreeGlobalSim Rate Change - Now Very Expensive!

Bossman · 21-06-2007, 10:51

Well, apparently the rates are supposedly correct. I just do not understand how there can be a difference between rates charged to US mobiles Vs landlines. How they differentiate that I do not know. For example UK to US landlines is listed as $0.33, while UK to US mobiles is listed as $2.24. I pointed it out to Travis at freeGlobalSim and hare is his response.....

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Dear customer,

Mobile operators including the government have started charging tax by state in the various places US and india and carribean. Why obviously to make more money, now when our prices first went up I was shocked and them going up again is ridiculous, landline is always cheaper as the routing is straight forward, mobile it seems is a different game.

I would love to explain why callkey have put charges up but I assume it is either down the the carriers charging them more or them making more money.

We are tied by the rates they give us, and at the moment we do not have any leway to make prices change.

crossag · **Pricing -** 08-07-2007, 02:07

The pricing mentioned here is not correct - there is still an error in the pricing engine on this site.

There is no differentiation between mobile and fixed to US as a destination at CallKey (we wouldn't know the difference between the two) nor is there a high price associated with calls into the US. However, when a mobile is roaming in countries where the incoming customer pays for a call (like the US) a roaming SIM would mess up that model so the local carriers impose a roaming surcharge on foriegn sims coming into the country. CallKey does not markup this surcharge in any way and it applies to ALL incoming roaming sims, CallKey or not. This is what makes calls using the roaming sim expensive when in the US calling out (but still cheaper than other foriegn carriers) but this does not effect calls coming into the US from the outside.

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Bossman (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Professionist Posts: 1,257 Join Date: 22 Apr 2005 Location: Chicago Country:	21-06-2007, 10:51 Well, apparently the rates are supposedly correct. I just do not understand how there can be a difference between rates charged to US mobiles Vs landlines. How they differentiate that I do not know. For example UK to US landlines is listed as $0.33, while UK to US mobiles is listed as $2.24. I pointed it out to Travis at freeGlobalSim and hare is his response..... ------------------------------------------------------ Dear customer, Mobile operators including the government have started charging tax by state in the various places US and india and carribean. Why obviously to make more money, now when our prices first went up I was shocked and them going up again is ridiculous, landline is always cheaper as the routing is straight forward, mobile it seems is a different game. I would love to explain why callkey have put charges up but I assume it is either down the the carriers charging them more or them making more money. We are tied by the rates they give us, and at the moment we do not have any leway to make prices change. Phones: Xiaomi Mi Mix 2, Samsung Galaxy A50, ASUS zenfone 3, Sim cards: AT&T (Contract), 3 UK, Piranha Mobile

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crossag (Offline) Junior Member Amateur Member Posts: 14 Join Date: 20 Apr 2006 Country:	Pricing - 08-07-2007, 02:07 The pricing mentioned here is not correct - there is still an error in the pricing engine on this site. There is no differentiation between mobile and fixed to US as a destination at CallKey (we wouldn't know the difference between the two) nor is there a high price associated with calls into the US. However, when a mobile is roaming in countries where the incoming customer pays for a call (like the US) a roaming SIM would mess up that model so the local carriers impose a roaming surcharge on foriegn sims coming into the country. CallKey does not markup this surcharge in any way and it applies to ALL incoming roaming sims, CallKey or not. This is what makes calls using the roaming sim expensive when in the US calling out (but still cheaper than other foriegn carriers) but this does not effect calls coming into the US from the outside.