Best card for calls from Germany to USA?

inquisitor · 19-06-2008, 10:04

In Germany neither delivery address nor card holder's address are being checked by payment processors when paying online by credit card, so calling your CC company in order to add some German address is superfluous. What they check is the card's country of origin, so the only problem could be, that certain processors may accept European CCs only.
Remember to order through this link for additional € 5 of credit: http://www.solomo.de/?function=order&affiliateId=3106 (order "Solomo Pro" for cheap international tariffs! "Solomo 08/15" has completely different interational rates!)
Regarding call quality and reliability there's no significant difference to other GSM-operators. However data service is inferior to other German operators, as the E-Plus network does neither support EDGE nor HSDPA, so bandwidth is smaller, and their data service suffers from congestions sometimes. In return E-Plus/solomo is the cheapest provider in Germany.
Btw solomo is a MVNO using the E-Plus network, which is mainly GSM1800 and in places EGSM900 (mostly rural areas) as well as 3G/UMTS2100 (urban areas), so be sure your phone supports at least GSM1800 for comprehensive coverage!
You can check E-Plus' network coverage at http://eis03sn1.eplus-online.de/evportal/portal/gsm

TheMadBrewer · 19-06-2008, 20:05

Thanks, inquisitor

I'm going to order a bunch of the Solomo Pro SIMs for a beer trip a bunch of us are doing in the fall.

MrEd · 20-06-2008, 17:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by inquisitor

In Germany neither delivery address nor card holder's address are being checked by payment processors when paying online by credit card, so calling your CC company in order to add some German address is superfluous. What they check is the card's country of origin, so the only problem could be, that certain processors may accept European CCs only.

Dont be so sure. CC fraud is rife. CC companies check all sorts of things from wherever they originate.

26-06-2008, 08:06

@dg7feq

Hallo Chris,

was zur Hölle habe ich wo vergessen?

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...you forgot to mention that the simyo mobile call is also charged. so you pay 9,5ct/min but also pay 9ct/min for busy lines, dialling, answering machines and non picked up calls.

Es wird im Flat Tarif keine Abrechnung für Festnetzanrufe ausgeführt.

dg7feq · 26-06-2008, 09:50

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Originally Posted by JohnDoe

@dg7feq

Hallo Chris,

was zur Hölle habe ich wo vergessen?

Es wird im Flat Tarif keine Abrechnung für Festnetzanrufe ausgeführt.

Ich habe übersehen das Du vom FLAT-Tarif redest. Für 15 Euro kann ich mit dem Calltrough ja schon 150 Minuten telefonieren.. Das lohnt sich ja gar nicht...

26-06-2008, 16:43

Wieder nur so oberflächliche WischiWaschi Antworten, gib mal ein Beispiel für Callthrough von 150 min, vorallem direkt vom Handy und nicht in "VoIP-ich-verstehe-gar-nichts-Qualität"

Ständig diese unausgegorenen und nicht selbst getesteten Empfehlungen. Callthrough gibt es auch nicht umsonst d.h. dafür muß ich auch zahlen, wo wir dann auf der gleichen Kostenhohe wären, jedoch mit Simyo die Anrufe unbegrenzt (keine Minuten Begrenzung) sind und bei Callthrough auf das Guthabenvolumen (150 min bei 15 Euro) begrenzt ist. Wie kann man so bescheuerte Empfehlungen machen??? Zuerst Denken, dann reden/schreiben!

Es gibt im deutschen Raum keine kostengünstigere Alternative als die von mir aufgezeigte.

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inquisitor (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Professionist Posts: 1,399 Join Date: 15 Nov 2006 Country:	19-06-2008, 10:04 In Germany neither delivery address nor card holder's address are being checked by payment processors when paying online by credit card, so calling your CC company in order to add some German address is superfluous. What they check is the card's country of origin, so the only problem could be, that certain processors may accept European CCs only. Remember to order through this link for additional € 5 of credit: http://www.solomo.de/?function=order&affiliateId=3106 (order "Solomo Pro" for cheap international tariffs! "Solomo 08/15" has completely different interational rates!) Regarding call quality and reliability there's no significant difference to other GSM-operators. However data service is inferior to other German operators, as the E-Plus network does neither support EDGE nor HSDPA, so bandwidth is smaller, and their data service suffers from congestions sometimes. In return E-Plus/solomo is the cheapest provider in Germany. Btw solomo is a MVNO using the E-Plus network, which is mainly GSM1800 and in places EGSM900 (mostly rural areas) as well as 3G/UMTS2100 (urban areas), so be sure your phone supports at least GSM1800 for comprehensive coverage! You can check E-Plus' network coverage at http://eis03sn1.eplus-online.de/evportal/portal/gsm terminals: Samsung: Galaxy S5 DuoS (G900FD); BLU: Win HD LTE; Nokia: 1200; Asus: Fonepad 7 ME372CG; Huawei data: E3372, Vodafone R201, K3765, E1762; postpaid: O2 on Business XL; prepaid: DE: Aldi Talk, Lidl; UK: 3; BG: MTel, vivacom; RU: MTS; RS: MTS; UAE: du Tourist SIM; INT'L: toggle mobile VoIP: sipgate.de (German DID); sipgate.co.uk (British DID); ukddi.com (British DID); sipcall.ch (Swiss DID); megafon.bg (Bulgarian DID); InterVoip.com Last edited by inquisitor; 19-06-2008 at 12:26..

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TheMadBrewer (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Fan Posts: 127 Join Date: 01 Jun 2005 Location: Marina del Rey, CA Country:	19-06-2008, 20:05 Thanks, inquisitor I'm going to order a bunch of the Solomo Pro SIMs for a beer trip a bunch of us are doing in the fall. Whole bunch of SIMs, mostly dead, some still working...

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JohnDoe Guest Posts: n/a	26-06-2008, 16:43 Wieder nur so oberflächliche WischiWaschi Antworten, gib mal ein Beispiel für Callthrough von 150 min, vorallem direkt vom Handy und nicht in "VoIP-ich-verstehe-gar-nichts-Qualität" Ständig diese unausgegorenen und nicht selbst getesteten Empfehlungen. Callthrough gibt es auch nicht umsonst d.h. dafür muß ich auch zahlen, wo wir dann auf der gleichen Kostenhohe wären, jedoch mit Simyo die Anrufe unbegrenzt (keine Minuten Begrenzung) sind und bei Callthrough auf das Guthabenvolumen (150 min bei 15 Euro) begrenzt ist. Wie kann man so bescheuerte Empfehlungen machen??? Zuerst Denken, dann reden/schreiben! Es gibt im deutschen Raum keine kostengünstigere Alternative als die von mir aufgezeigte. Last edited by JohnDoe; 26-06-2008 at 16:51..