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![]() Various VoIP providers would set you up with an account, the number itself free to maybe $3 a month, then whatever their tariff per minute.
Or there are a couple of firms such as Freedigits (Iowa) and IPKall (Washington state) where you can get a free number and set it up to your own choice of provider. The various Betamax VoIP brands have fairly cheap calls to UK mobiles, 7 (Justvoip) to 18 eurocents per minute. |
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Prepaid Pioneer
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![]() Another huge plus for eKit is their customer service. Of all the international providers I had to deal with they're #1 when it comes to customer service.
Mobile phones: iPhone 5, Blackberry 9900, Nexus S, Samsung S3322 duos Mobile data cards: Huawei E587u-5, Huawei E583c, Huawei E160 Postpaid SIMs: CA: Fido, Wind; INTL: Telna Prepaid SIMs: DE: Fonic, Lidl; AT: yesss!, bob; UK: O2; US: AT&T; RO: Orange, Vodafone; FR: b&you, Lycamobile; NL: Lycamobile; BE: Lycamobile, Jim Mobile; CL: Entel; MX: Telcel; INTL: eKit Blue, eKit Yellow Dead SIMs: too many to list |
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![]() I agree with VladS on EKIT's customer service. Last year I bought a new unlocked Z6C World phone from Verizon. I got to Ireland and could not make a call. Even with their *126* prefix dialing.
So I called their customer service from a land line. They were very patient in trying to find a work around. Finally they had me send a text message of the phone number I wanted to call to 1234. Basically I used a text message to trigger a call back. Worked great and I was on my way making calls all over Europe. Their 24/7 customer service is outstanding. |
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Join Date: 22 Mar 2009
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![]() I was going to buy the ekit for all the good reasons explained above when just few days ago I noticed on their web they have restricted a lot the number of countries with free incoming calls. Now only mainly EU and US have free incoming calls. UAE is not free anymore and so is Egypt Seychelles Brazil and many others. By comparison Easyroam and Worldsim will offer all those countries with free incoming for their new dual IMSI. And also offer almost free call forwarding while ekit charges for it. I will wait for their offers.
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![]() When I first started looking at International SIM cards I too focused on how many countries had free incoming calls. Then I realized I probably would never get to many of the countries that were not free. I only know one person who has ever been to the Seychelles. And even if I go to Egypt, (I am in September) or the UAE or Brazil it's still only 9 cents a minute from EKIT for an incoming call. That's not enough for me to worry about. I prefer to stay with a company that will be around for a while and has good customer service.
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![]() Matha531:
You are correct. There is a 19 cent surcharge for incoming calls if associates call me on the U.S. number. But since they are all in the U.S., their call to me on the U.S. number is usually free. So the actual combined charges for their call to me is close to 19 cents in most of Europe. Or maybe 28 cents if they call me and I am in Egypt. But for me, that's OK. In the past, I have had associates call me on the UK number and it often costs them a lot more than 19 cents if they don't have some discount dialing card or a deal with their long distance carrier. |
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