United Mobile+ (new service with +44 Jersey number)

[GadgetKen]

The trade in offer sounds very good. Big thing for me is that they will offer data service in the 4th quarter plus I can save 10 eurocents a minute for calls home to the US when I go for an aviation museum trip to the UK in mid-September. I usually just do United Mobile direct dial rather than using CBW because just a few calls home when on vacation and I still save a bundle over the roaming costs T-Mobile or AT&T would charge if I were on a postpaid plan.

Only negative I can see for me is some, but not all(some are Zone 1), Caribbean countries are more expensive. I am likely getting a Digicel card in advance of travel to Grand Cayman, Grenada, and Union Island, St. Vincent, so this will take care of that problem (Digicel prepaid sims do allow roaming on other islands with Digicel coverage).

Will still use local sims for US (an AT&T MVNO called Beyond Wireless GSM) and Canada (Fido) because these beat both the new and old United Mobile cards on price plus I get needed local numbers for Hartford and Toronto.

[MATHA531]

Originally Posted by GadgetKen

The trade in offer sounds very good. Big thing for me is that they will offer data service in the 4th quarter plus I can save 10 eurocents a minute for calls home to the US when I go for an aviation museum trip to the UK in mid-September. I usually just do United Mobile direct dial rather than using CBW because just a few calls home when on vacation and I still save a bundle over the roaming costs T-Mobile or AT&T would charge if I were on a postpaid plan.

Only negative I can see for me is some, but not all(some are Zone 1), Caribbean countries are more expensive. I am likely getting a Digicel card in advance of travel to Grand Cayman, Grenada, and Union Island, St. Vincent, so this will take care of that problem (Digicel prepaid sims do allow roaming on other islands with Digicel coverage).

Will still use local sims for US (an AT&T MVNO called Beyond Wireless GSM) and Canada (Fido) because these beat both the new and old United Mobile cards on price plus I get needed local numbers for Hartford and Toronto.

The only point I might make to you is that at this point in time, on Orange Call Abroad, T Mobile UK bundle or Mobile World, calls to the US are 5p/minute and they are literally giving away the sim cards (all you pay for is time)...why would you want to use UM (or O9 or Travelsim) for calls from the UK to the USA? (maybe I am missing something; not meaning to be nasty to you or anything like that)....

Just wondering.

[GadgetKen]

Originally Posted by MATHA531

The only point I might make to you is that at this point in time, on Orange Call Abroad, T Mobile UK bundle or Mobile World, calls to the US are 5p/minute and they are literally giving away the sim cards (all you pay for is time)...why would you want to use UM (or O9 or Travelsim) for calls from the UK to the USA? (maybe I am missing something; not meaning to be nasty to you or anything like that)....

Just wondering.

No offense taken. Good reason is that I rarely visit Europe (international travel tends more to be business trips to Canada and personal trips to non-US Caribbean). For a one week trip to the UK with maybe one phone call home a day, not really worth getting a UK card. Plus I have about 40 Euro on my Liechtenstein UM card that I will transfer over, so the first 40 Euro will essentially be free (that beats Mobile World 5p/min calls) and I can use any unused balance in other countries. And can also auto-recharge with UM so I don't have to hunt for prepaid vouchers, can briefly test out the new sim in the US in advance of travel and give the number to family. Also have Skype-Out on a Sony Mylo that I may be able to use on wi-fi for 2 US cents/minute back to the US.

Just went on the United Mobile website and ordered the new card with a zero Euro balance...want to make sure it arrives in one piece before transferring or adding money to it.

[herkdrvr]

Anyone know the cost per minute using Vonage to this new UM+ number?

I'm very disappointed China went from free incoming to some insane amount. That is one of the places I must frequent for business. Anyone suppose they will lower the rate there back to free in the future? I know, just speculation...

Cheers

[swancity]

Hi, anyone knows what hapenned to prefix +423 after upgrade? does it mean my phone # now is +44 663 xxxxxx or still +423 663 xxxxxx? thanks for any info.

[TheMadBrewer]

Originally Posted by swancity

Hi, anyone knows what hapenned to prefix +423 after upgrade? does it mean my phone # now is +44 663 xxxxxx or still +423 663 xxxxxx? thanks for any info.

My reading of the announcement and website is that you will get a whole new number. But I have no inside info on that.

[prion]

I was wondering if the upgrade is mandatory.....What would happen if someone did not upgrade?

[Bossman]

Upgrade is definitely not mandatory. If the UM +423 works well for you, I'd stay with it.

Originally Posted by prion

I was wondering if the upgrade is mandatory.....What would happen if someone did not upgrade?

[Effendi]

The offer is good, pity that I'm going to Armenia in a couple of weeks and the new offer has no coverage there.... So I think I'll stay with the +423 offer by now, even if I could buy an Armenian card (and I'll probably do anyway)...

[inquisitor]

You'll definitely get a completely new number starting with +44 79 3700 xxxx.

During the order process sometimes silver and gold numbers will be shown. However you'll need to reload the UM+ order page several times in order to see those numbers, as the system obviously has some problems yet.

From what I read on the "transfer credit" page (don't know the exact English translation, as I'm seeing the German version), the +423 SIM will immediately be deactivated if you transfer your credit from the +423 SIM to the new one. So I guess the +423 will stay activated if you don't transfer your credit.

At least they should let us setup a mailbox, through which we can announce our new numbers.