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

MATHA531 · 31-07-2007, 10:13

Got mine yesterday and put it through some tests but of course since I am in the USA, can't actually finish off calls or make calls as pricing to make or receive calls in USA is asiniely high.

1. Caller ID works both ways...

2. On AT&T long distance, calls go through pretty quickly so it seems that I will be able to use it when I travel (next trip two weeks to London, although as noted before, have always used a British PAYG in London as calls to the USA from there are dirt cheap on various PAYG's). In the past I was able to call forward from my landline to UM at an astoundingly cheap rate of 11¢/minute but those days are gone...calls to UK mobiles on my call forwarding plan are listed at 28¢/minute, not disgustingly bad but not as good as in the past. I assume there is no further surcharge to Jersey mobiles that it is treated as a call to a UK mobile.

3. The alternate 1016868 service does not seem to recognize the number so I couldn't complete any calls that way....

4. Don't know about sound quality, can't actually complete any calls (unless I want to throw away my credit) but I wonder wouldn't the sound quality be mostly dependent on the roaming partner being used? At least that's the way it seemed to work with the +423 (not that I hardly used their service to make calls but receiving calls was fine....using cbw and enlinea back in the good old days of 14¢ (can't believe it's only been 3 or 4 months) was not always great but that's understandable due t0 the nature of CBW and enlinea (they clearly route the calls through ISP's of some sort_ but then again wouldn't calls made and received with some of the phone cards with hundreds of minutes also go through these ISP's?

The big hang up, at least at present seems to be setting up my voicemail. In the past when I received the +423 card, to set up voice mail I shut the phone, waited about an hour for it to de-register from the US roaming partner (usually T Mobile USA but sometimes Cingular (interestingly enough, th ephone now say AT&T when roaming on Cingular/AT&T) and called into voicemail from a landline to re-set the pin and record my personal greeting. In any event, with the phone off, I can't seem to get through via any of my ld carriers...I get a message on my AT&T your international call cannot be completed. Please check the number and dial again or ask your operator...wonder if that is again caused by the fact it is a Jersey number or is just not working when the phone is off or needs some sort of activation...turn the phone back on and it registers and calls can be made (at least the phone rings)..see what happens today but this could be a problem.

Finally, interesting enough, when making a call via +44 UM, it's the usual callback we've grown to know and love but before you get the call back, the card flashes your balance on the display....that is nice and new.

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MATHA531 (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Specialist Posts: 869 Join Date: 15 Oct 2004 Country:	31-07-2007, 10:13 Got mine yesterday and put it through some tests but of course since I am in the USA, can't actually finish off calls or make calls as pricing to make or receive calls in USA is asiniely high. 1. Caller ID works both ways... 2. On AT&T long distance, calls go through pretty quickly so it seems that I will be able to use it when I travel (next trip two weeks to London, although as noted before, have always used a British PAYG in London as calls to the USA from there are dirt cheap on various PAYG's). In the past I was able to call forward from my landline to UM at an astoundingly cheap rate of 11¢/minute but those days are gone...calls to UK mobiles on my call forwarding plan are listed at 28¢/minute, not disgustingly bad but not as good as in the past. I assume there is no further surcharge to Jersey mobiles that it is treated as a call to a UK mobile. 3. The alternate 1016868 service does not seem to recognize the number so I couldn't complete any calls that way.... 4. Don't know about sound quality, can't actually complete any calls (unless I want to throw away my credit) but I wonder wouldn't the sound quality be mostly dependent on the roaming partner being used? At least that's the way it seemed to work with the +423 (not that I hardly used their service to make calls but receiving calls was fine....using cbw and enlinea back in the good old days of 14¢ (can't believe it's only been 3 or 4 months) was not always great but that's understandable due t0 the nature of CBW and enlinea (they clearly route the calls through ISP's of some sort_ but then again wouldn't calls made and received with some of the phone cards with hundreds of minutes also go through these ISP's? The big hang up, at least at present seems to be setting up my voicemail. In the past when I received the +423 card, to set up voice mail I shut the phone, waited about an hour for it to de-register from the US roaming partner (usually T Mobile USA but sometimes Cingular (interestingly enough, th ephone now say AT&T when roaming on Cingular/AT&T) and called into voicemail from a landline to re-set the pin and record my personal greeting. In any event, with the phone off, I can't seem to get through via any of my ld carriers...I get a message on my AT&T your international call cannot be completed. Please check the number and dial again or ask your operator...wonder if that is again caused by the fact it is a Jersey number or is just not working when the phone is off or needs some sort of activation...turn the phone back on and it registers and calls can be made (at least the phone rings)..see what happens today but this could be a problem. Finally, interesting enough, when making a call via +44 UM, it's the usual callback we've grown to know and love but before you get the call back, the card flashes your balance on the display....that is nice and new.