Prepaid Sims

MATHA531 · 06-04-2008, 23:44

With enlinea (callbackworld also) you enter the country of where the sim is registered in calling from no matter where you're calling from...

Their best rates, right now, are with Iceland (but remember when using O9 or the icelandic number of yackie mobile), it's Iceland special (mobile)...it's listed as 16¢/minute US to call from Iceland special to USA which would be true anywhere in Western Europe except Switzerland where O9 (and Yackie) simply does not work for reasons they have tried to explain but I don't understand (O9 uses a Swiss carrier for many of its roaming connections but this causes the Swixx carrier to think O9 is domestic and doesn't allow anything to register on it in Switzerland or something like that)...Estonia mobiles come in at 29¢ on Enlinea, not too bad..German and French and Italian mobiles aren't too bad either but UK mobiles come in at 50¢¢/minute or threabouts on enlinea (can this be caused by the Jersey and Isle of Man numbers that the billing system cannot differentiate from other UK numbers????)..

So the best deal, right now, once leaving the UK is O9 (or Yackie) with the realization it will not work in Switzerland...also Enlinea does give a US toll free number (it is charged at the going rate for the mobile it is keyed to. in the case of O9, it would be 16¢/minute)...do remember enlinea bills in 6 second intervals but frankly the connections are not all that great...you can most assuredly hear a delay when talking to somebody but then given the price, that has to be expected...

So your plan to use Yackie when leaving the UK is probably a good one...most people feel Yackie has been working fine throughout Western Europe...although I wish the Yackie Mobile guy would come back to the forum with the latest news about Yackie but it does seem, for the present, to be stable.

thejinx0r · 07-04-2008, 01:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by MATHA531

With enlinea (callbackworld also) you enter the country of where the sim is registered in calling from no matter where you're calling from...

Their best rates, right now, are with Iceland (but remember when using O9 or the icelandic number of yackie mobile), it's Iceland special (mobile)...it's listed as 16¢/minute US to call from Iceland special to USA which would be true anywhere in Western Europe except Switzerland where O9 (and Yackie) simply does not work for reasons they have tried to explain but I don't understand (O9 uses a Swiss carrier for many of its roaming connections but this causes the Swixx carrier to think O9 is domestic and doesn't allow anything to register on it in Switzerland or something like that)...Estonia mobiles come in at 29¢ on Enlinea, not too bad..German and French and Italian mobiles aren't too bad either but UK mobiles come in at 50¢¢/minute or threabouts on enlinea (can this be caused by the Jersey and Isle of Man numbers that the billing system cannot differentiate from other UK numbers????)..

So the best deal, right now, once leaving the UK is O9 (or Yackie) with the realization it will not work in Switzerland...also Enlinea does give a US toll free number (it is charged at the going rate for the mobile it is keyed to. in the case of O9, it would be 16¢/minute)...do remember enlinea bills in 6 second intervals but frankly the connections are not all that great...you can most assuredly hear a delay when talking to somebody but then given the price, that has to be expected...

It's weird though, I can't choose Iceland when I'm on the yackie website.

Anyways, forget. I found a better solution. Because in Canada, you cannot distinguish between Cell and Landline. So, i'll probably go with a yackie local Canadian number and have enlinea call me on that number. 0.06 is pretty damn cheap. Unless there's something that I'm not understanding on Yackie's website about ordering a sim card and choosing a "local" number.

As far as Swiss, I'm only passing through. And for call quality: could care less since I'm only going to be calling home and checking up on them and letting them know I'm fine.

Anyways, Thanks so much for your help Matha and everyone else.

FBlack_111 · 07-04-2008, 02:56

I used my Passport SIM from Telestial in numerous countries last October. It worked in every country perfectly and even on a cruise ship. I did not get to Switzerland or Germany though. But it worked in Croatia, Greece, Italy, France, Turkey, Monte Carlo, Spain and Portugal.

I used a Samsung Z500 unlocked quad band phone. Did you test it in the U.S before you left? While it's expensive to test by making calls, SMS is cheap to send and free to receive.

dg7feq · 07-04-2008, 08:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by thejinx0r

It's weird though, I can't choose Iceland when I'm on the yackie website.

Anyways, forget. I found a better solution. Because in Canada, you cannot distinguish between Cell and Landline. So, i'll probably go with a yackie local Canadian number and have enlinea call me on that number. 0.06 is pretty damn cheap. Unless there's something that I'm not understanding on Yackie's website about ordering a sim card and choosing a "local" number.

If you get called on the assigned local numbers you will pay a surcharge of 29 ct/min for incoming calls.
Iceland is the mobile number of the SIM card. It is automatically assigned, so you can not choose it on the website...

Chris

thejinx0r · 07-04-2008, 13:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by dg7feq

If you get called on the assigned local numbers you will pay a surcharge of 29 ct/min for incoming calls.
Iceland is the mobile number of the SIM card. It is automatically assigned, so you can not choose it on the website...

Chris

Oh ok.
Thanks.

It's what I thought, but I didn't know they would be giving away free DID's.

FBlack_111 · 07-04-2008, 14:26

Bossman:

My UK # is a +447924. I was in those countries from September 24th to October 20, 2007. It worked well and each city gave me a choice of 3 or 4 carriers to choose from.

Those calls to and from my Passport SIM are still logged on line. I checked and it was 65 calls to and from all those countries.

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MATHA531 (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Specialist Posts: 869 Join Date: 15 Oct 2004 Country:	06-04-2008, 23:44 With enlinea (callbackworld also) you enter the country of where the sim is registered in calling from no matter where you're calling from... Their best rates, right now, are with Iceland (but remember when using O9 or the icelandic number of yackie mobile), it's Iceland special (mobile)...it's listed as 16¢/minute US to call from Iceland special to USA which would be true anywhere in Western Europe except Switzerland where O9 (and Yackie) simply does not work for reasons they have tried to explain but I don't understand (O9 uses a Swiss carrier for many of its roaming connections but this causes the Swixx carrier to think O9 is domestic and doesn't allow anything to register on it in Switzerland or something like that)...Estonia mobiles come in at 29¢ on Enlinea, not too bad..German and French and Italian mobiles aren't too bad either but UK mobiles come in at 50¢¢/minute or threabouts on enlinea (can this be caused by the Jersey and Isle of Man numbers that the billing system cannot differentiate from other UK numbers????).. So the best deal, right now, once leaving the UK is O9 (or Yackie) with the realization it will not work in Switzerland...also Enlinea does give a US toll free number (it is charged at the going rate for the mobile it is keyed to. in the case of O9, it would be 16¢/minute)...do remember enlinea bills in 6 second intervals but frankly the connections are not all that great...you can most assuredly hear a delay when talking to somebody but then given the price, that has to be expected... So your plan to use Yackie when leaving the UK is probably a good one...most people feel Yackie has been working fine throughout Western Europe...although I wish the Yackie Mobile guy would come back to the forum with the latest news about Yackie but it does seem, for the present, to be stable.

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FBlack_111 (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Fan Posts: 171 Join Date: 27 Feb 2008 Country:	07-04-2008, 02:56 I used my Passport SIM from Telestial in numerous countries last October. It worked in every country perfectly and even on a cruise ship. I did not get to Switzerland or Germany though. But it worked in Croatia, Greece, Italy, France, Turkey, Monte Carlo, Spain and Portugal. I used a Samsung Z500 unlocked quad band phone. Did you test it in the U.S before you left? While it's expensive to test by making calls, SMS is cheap to send and free to receive.

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FBlack_111 (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Fan Posts: 171 Join Date: 27 Feb 2008 Country:	07-04-2008, 14:26 Bossman: My UK # is a +447924. I was in those countries from September 24th to October 20, 2007. It worked well and each city gave me a choice of 3 or 4 carriers to choose from. Those calls to and from my Passport SIM are still logged on line. I checked and it was 65 calls to and from all those countries.