Advantage of int'l SIMs versus other solutions?

[Grampa]

Originally Posted by RTuesday

For the one-number part of it, I have an IPkall US number, and a UK number, as "find-me" numbers that I forward, via a VOIP account, to whichever country sim I'm currently using (I pay the forwarding part but that's OK, especially as I can pick and choose VOIP rates).

This is where the MAXRoam solution comes in handy, particularly if you already have a MAXRoam account. The card doesn't expire or have minimum usage requirements, you get one free "find-me" number from any of several countries with an area code of your choice (additional numbers are 2 Euro per month), and you can forward those numbers for free calls to anywhere in the world, even to cell phones. None of this requires that you actually use the MAXRoam chip. That's why I was asking about recommendations for local prepaid SIMs.