Are "international" SIMS becoming obsolete?

hkr · 23-05-2009, 07:55

Finding free working hotspots and connecting to them is not really that easy. Roaming between them is not really automatic. Some wifi hotspots restrict what ports/protocols you can use, voip is often not working. When abroad, I usually try to find hotspots to call home, but calls normally come in when you are out of wifi coverage. Also, urgent business calls need to be made when there is no wifi avaialable (eg. on the road)...

mart.lu · **Still cheaper to use global sim -** 23-05-2009, 12:07

It will stay for a long time cheaper using a global sim than to use something else.
The best it's to use a global sim with a VOIP company (eg betamax, or other) then the call can be really cheap almost like home calls.
luciano
PS : quality of VOIP calls on WIFI is not yet good, you can get really bad connection and always some echo to the people that you call.

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hkr (Offline) Member Advanced Member Posts: 75 Join Date: 29 Apr 2009 Country:	23-05-2009, 07:55 Finding free working hotspots and connecting to them is not really that easy. Roaming between them is not really automatic. Some wifi hotspots restrict what ports/protocols you can use, voip is often not working. When abroad, I usually try to find hotspots to call home, but calls normally come in when you are out of wifi coverage. Also, urgent business calls need to be made when there is no wifi avaialable (eg. on the road)... Postpaid: 3x Vodafone (HU) 1x T-Mobile) formerly also Pannon Prepaid: Vodafone, Pannon, T-Mobile (HU) Optimus (PT) SamiSwoi, ERA, Orange (PL) VIP (HR) T-Mobile (AT) Vodafone, O2, Orange, T-Mobile (UK) Vodafone (DE) Data-only prepaid: Vodafone, T-Mobile, Djuice/Pannon (HU) International SIMs: UM+, Sim4Travel, TravelSim Phones: Nokia E51, E71, Samsung D880, SE P990i, Ericsson T39m -forever! , many others in the drawer. 3G modems Huawei E220, E870, EU870D, U740, Alcatel X200 VoIP: Justvoip, CallWithUs, Neophonex, fonline, Macrogate and several others for outgoing... DIDs from Macrogate, DIDww, Gradwell, Voxbone and others. FreePBX, Vigor router with inbuilt ATA, Nokia E-series phones.

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mart.lu (Offline) Junior Member Amateur Member Posts: 14 Join Date: 22 Mar 2009 Country:	Still cheaper to use global sim - 23-05-2009, 12:07 It will stay for a long time cheaper using a global sim than to use something else. The best it's to use a global sim with a VOIP company (eg betamax, or other) then the call can be really cheap almost like home calls. luciano PS : quality of VOIP calls on WIFI is not yet good, you can get really bad connection and always some echo to the people that you call.