new UM card with +1/+44 dual number soon

[inquisitor]

Originally Posted by MATHA531

...the question is can I now forward calls to the USA +1 number and have it ring to the +44 number while in Europe??? That would be a bit cheaper than forwarding to a UK number via my call forwarding (currently 27¢ US especially if the euro continues its slide down?).....and of course for those without remote call forwarding on their US landlines, well now it would be available.....interesting.

Yes, you can forward calls to your 44/1-US-number and the 44/1 SIM will ring wherever you are, but as I mentioned above calls to the US number are billed with € 0.19/min while calls to the UK number are free in many countries. So 44/1 is only cheaper for you if a direct forwarding to the British mobile number is more expensive than € 0.19/min.

To make it visual:

US number (US provider) ===[forwarding A: $ ???/min]===> US number (UM 44/1) ===[forwarding B: € 0,19/min]===> your 44/1 SIM
US number (US provider) ===[forwarding C: $ ???/min]============================================> your 44/1 SIM by UK number

the costs of forwarding A+B must be cheaper than forwading C in order UM 44/1 to make sense for you.