global roaming - how long stays active

Stu · 23-06-2009, 03:03

Last I checked 02 had more roaming agreements than just about anybody. First, they roam in all the countries the US has embargoed other than North Korea (Iran, Cuba, Syria (which has some US roaming partners). It will work with more airplane networks, and ferry network. An 02 SIM will work in a Thuraya sat phone which ATT will not.

That said, ATT has roaming agreements in 215 countries and that ain't shabby. Of the non-contract SIMs you can get, Mobal is the only one of the few that truly behaves like a contract phone. It works in countries where you can't trigger a callback and you don't have to pay for a contract burning minutes in a country you are not in to get this roaming. I looked at Orange's list and it didn't look as extensive. The number of countries looked shorter and I noticed that it didn't roam in some African countries or the Bahamas. I didn't do an exhaustive look:

http://www2.orange.co.uk/servlet/Sat...ame=PersonalIR

To the extent you want to take issue with my punning about gold, give me some literary license.

adam917 · 23-06-2009, 08:11

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Originally Posted by Stu

Last I checked 02 had more roaming agreements than just about anybody. First, they roam in all the countries the US has embargoed other than North Korea (Iran, Cuba, Syria (which has some US roaming partners). It will work with more airplane networks, and ferry network. An 02 SIM will work in a Thuraya sat phone which ATT will not.

That said, ATT has roaming agreements in 215 countries and that ain't shabby. Of the non-contract SIMs you can get, Mobal is the only one of the few that truly behaves like a contract phone. It works in countries where you can't trigger a callback and you don't have to pay for a contract burning minutes in a country you are not in to get this roaming. I looked at Orange's list and it didn't look as extensive. The number of countries looked shorter and I noticed that it didn't roam in some African countries or the Bahamas. I didn't do an exhaustive look:

Orange - will my mobile work?

To the extent you want to take issue with my punning about gold, give me some literary license.

Does O2's SIM behave that differently if it's pre-paid vs post-paid?

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Stu (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Guru Posts: 1,091 Join Date: 11 Feb 2004 Location: Detroit (formerly Dubai) Country:	23-06-2009, 03:03 Last I checked 02 had more roaming agreements than just about anybody. First, they roam in all the countries the US has embargoed other than North Korea (Iran, Cuba, Syria (which has some US roaming partners). It will work with more airplane networks, and ferry network. An 02 SIM will work in a Thuraya sat phone which ATT will not. That said, ATT has roaming agreements in 215 countries and that ain't shabby. Of the non-contract SIMs you can get, Mobal is the only one of the few that truly behaves like a contract phone. It works in countries where you can't trigger a callback and you don't have to pay for a contract burning minutes in a country you are not in to get this roaming. I looked at Orange's list and it didn't look as extensive. The number of countries looked shorter and I noticed that it didn't roam in some African countries or the Bahamas. I didn't do an exhaustive look: http://www2.orange.co.uk/servlet/Sat...ame=PersonalIR To the extent you want to take issue with my punning about gold, give me some literary license. Last edited by Stu; 23-06-2009 at 03:10..