Bluefire Wireless - a Manx SIM in transition?

[hrgajek]

Hello from Germany,

if the Bluefire SIM works well, some of us would like to have some details, e.g. like the Prefix for this card +44 7xxx x for example.

Most of us had bad experience with the gone "callkey" IoM card which disappeared from one to the next day. (Was sold under "Globalsim", "GT-SIM" and much much other brands)

Somebody here suggested the german-based vistream SIM-Cards.
vistream (powered by Materna) is a virtual network operator using the German e-plus Network.
Prefix is +49-1570-xxxxxxx

vistream Customers report about strange problems with Callback-Roaming in various foreign countries. It may work, but it may not work, too. German speaking/understanding readers could have a look at www.telefon-treff.de for more details.

vistream uses a Dual IMSI SIM-Card with SAT-Callback, which is a little bit more sophisticated than the known SIM-cards from IoM, UM or other Companies. So should have a newer SAT-compatible phone (like Nokia 6310i or later)

As a addendum or backup to the Bluefire Card you should give United-Mobile a try:

UM offers two tariffs/cards:

UM423 (based in Liechtenstein) includes a lot of countries like China (PRC) where incoming calls are free. You can get one in a Swiss Postal-Office or mobilezone or from www.callfrom.de in Germany (not listed on this page)
Disadvantage can be the prefix +423-663 which is billed premium-rate in some countries.

UM+ (based on Isle of Jersey) has less countries with free incoming, but offers some countries, the UM423 does not and vice versa.
UM+ SIM-Card is available from www.united-mobile.com

There are some threads in this forum with more details with United-Mobile.

Hope this will help you.

[andy]

Originally Posted by hrgajek

if the Bluefire SIM works well, some of us would like to have some details, e.g. like the Prefix for this card +44 7xxx x for example.

Originally Posted by alexmore

Ciao Murch,
what +447xxx use bluefire sim?
Alex

see above:

Originally Posted by andy

I think that these SIMs will have the Wire9 prefix +4478722, ...

[Murch]

Andy is absolutely right.
The number is +447872....

When dialing you have to add # at the end, example: +4937512345#
After a few seconds you receive a call and you are being connected to the desired number.
(Dis)advantage: the number is not shown when you dial (at least while calling from Germany)

SMS is trouble free. Incoming calls work well and the line quality seems to be as good as with any other card.

Hope you all have a nice Saturday evening...
I'm hosted by our couch with a nice flu and hope to get well before monday when work will have me back.

[bbob]

Originally Posted by hrgajek

Most of us had bad experience with the gone "callkey" IoM card which disappeared from one to the next day. (Was sold under "Globalsim", "GT-SIM" and much much other brands)

Somebody here suggested the german-based vistream SIM-Cards.
vistream (powered by Materna) is a virtual network operator using the German e-plus Network.
Prefix is +49-1570-xxxxxxx

vistream Customers report about strange problems with Callback-Roaming in various foreign countries. It may work, but it may not work, too. German speaking/understanding readers could have a look at www.telefon-treff.de for more details.

vistream uses a Dual IMSI SIM-Card with SAT-Callback, which is a little bit more sophisticated than the known SIM-cards from IoM, UM or other Companies. So should have a newer SAT-compatible phone (like Nokia 6310i or later)

Well callkey will be back, that is what the expert here on the forum says. So don't say there gone they will be back

The same expert attacked me saying I said dual sim was a home brew solutions (I used other words) It's funny that I read now that there are indeed problems with these dual sim card. But agian there is 1 expert here that knows everything so don't speak bad

[Effendi]

Originally Posted by bbob

Well callkey will be back, that is what the expert here on the forum says. So don't say there gone they will be back

The same expert attacked me saying I said dual sim was a home brew solutions (I used other words) It's funny that I read now that there are indeed problems with these dual sim card. But agian there is 1 expert here that knows everything so don't speak bad

If you think to go on in this way you have good chances to be the first ever user banned on this forum. If you have problems with Andy, and it seems you have, there exist Private Messages, so please use them (or any other private communication service). I'm not tolerating other stupid personal-flames between the two of you on the public forum, so please stop here.

[bbob]

Originally Posted by Effendi

If you think to go on in this way you have good chances to be the first ever user banned on this forum. If you have problems with Andy, and it seems you have, there exist Private Messages, so please use them (or any other private communication service). I'm not tolerating other stupid personal-flames between the two of you on the public forum, so please stop here.

Understood, looks like there are 2 user going to be banned, that is if everyone gets treated the same way

[Effendi]

Originally Posted by bbob

Understood, looks like there are 2 user going to be banned, that is if everyone gets treated the same way

Don't worry about that, it's not your business, I'm the Admin and I can do my job. Please stop going back to this subject or I'll start to use my Admin powers very soon.

[andy]

Originally Posted by hrgajek

vistream Customers report about strange problems with Callback-Roaming in various foreign countries. It may work, but it may not work, too. German speaking/understanding readers could have a look at www.telefon-treff.de for more details.

I see that the solomo thread has 1500+ posts, so may take some time to read

Are the difficulties in certain countries constant or variable, and has there been discussion of whether or how this might depend on the roaming agreements of what appears to be the other country ID on the SIM card, or maybe added by Materna/vistream themselves?

Or perhaps the problems are that the SIM never registers on the network? I had this to begin with, until Sunsim told me that on some phones the PIN should be prefixed with a 1 or 2: 1xxxx in Germany; 2xxxx roaming. Since then I've also found a SIM menu setting that reboots into the other mode.

[snaimon]

I have not read the entire thread. Read recent posts. Appears to me that the problems are sporadic without any pattern. Seems a VERY FEW users are quite upset. Earlier problems with PORTING other #s to solomo. Seems many more defenders than critics.

The sunsim thread is not as active.

I don't travel that much. Will be able to test in France this summer.

Maybe our German friends have more experience.

Stan