USA: Best options for multiple trips?

Stu · 13-11-2007, 13:33

With the exception of the new wi-fi Blackberry, TMobile's UMA handsets have a hardtime logging on to non-TMobile handsets. The browsers won't handle wi-fi until the UMA tunnel is established and you can't establish the UMA tunnel until negotiate the wi-fi login.

It is also worth stressing that UMA is not your standard SIP VOIP. A SIP based phone (e.g. the Nokia E Series) won't handle UMA or Vice Versa. The HP Communicator may be able to handle both. That is the only one I know of.

petkow · 13-11-2007, 23:05

Going back to my original request, and after reading between the lines of what Yackie, maxROAM and now even UM are saying (and people here have been saying too) it looks like all of these will be offering cheaper US in/out in the next 3 months anyhow. My trips aren't for a while anyhow, so it looks like I will just stay put for a little while and not buy a T-Mobile SIM just yet.

Let's see what comes out of these guys. Not too sure if it will be dual IMSI or some other technology but if they can figure something out for us to get anything in the region of 10c-15c/min with a local USA DID that I can activate for whilst I am there only, I think that will solve not only mine but most travellers needs.

petkow · 13-11-2007, 23:07

Going back to my original request, and after reading between the lines of what Yackie, maxROAM and now even UM* are saying (and people here have been saying too) it looks like all of these will be offering cheaper US in/out in the next 3 months anyhow. My trips aren't for a while anyhow, so it looks like I will just stay put for a little while and not buy a T-Mobile SIM just yet.

Let's see what comes out of these guys. Not too sure if it will be dual IMSI or some other technology but if they can figure something out for us to get anything in the region of 10c-15c/min with a local USA DID that I can activate for whilst I am there only, I think that will solve not only mine but most travellers needs.

* = http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2215895,00.asp

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Stu (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Guru Posts: 1,091 Join Date: 11 Feb 2004 Location: Detroit (formerly Dubai) Country:	13-11-2007, 13:33 With the exception of the new wi-fi Blackberry, TMobile's UMA handsets have a hardtime logging on to non-TMobile handsets. The browsers won't handle wi-fi until the UMA tunnel is established and you can't establish the UMA tunnel until negotiate the wi-fi login. It is also worth stressing that UMA is not your standard SIP VOIP. A SIP based phone (e.g. the Nokia E Series) won't handle UMA or Vice Versa. The HP Communicator may be able to handle both. That is the only one I know of.

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petkow (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Pioneer Posts: 696 Join Date: 01 Aug 2006 Location: Madrid Country:	13-11-2007, 23:05 Going back to my original request, and after reading between the lines of what Yackie, maxROAM and now even UM are saying (and people here have been saying too) it looks like all of these will be offering cheaper US in/out in the next 3 months anyhow. My trips aren't for a while anyhow, so it looks like I will just stay put for a little while and not buy a T-Mobile SIM just yet. Let's see what comes out of these guys. Not too sure if it will be dual IMSI or some other technology but if they can figure something out for us to get anything in the region of 10c-15c/min with a local USA DID that I can activate for whilst I am there only, I think that will solve not only mine but most travellers needs.

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petkow (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Pioneer Posts: 696 Join Date: 01 Aug 2006 Location: Madrid Country:	13-11-2007, 23:07 Going back to my original request, and after reading between the lines of what Yackie, maxROAM and now even UM* are saying (and people here have been saying too) it looks like all of these will be offering cheaper US in/out in the next 3 months anyhow. My trips aren't for a while anyhow, so it looks like I will just stay put for a little while and not buy a T-Mobile SIM just yet. Let's see what comes out of these guys. Not too sure if it will be dual IMSI or some other technology but if they can figure something out for us to get anything in the region of 10c-15c/min with a local USA DID that I can activate for whilst I am there only, I think that will solve not only mine but most travellers needs. * = http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2215895,00.asp