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26-07-2009, 01:54
I am pretty sure that outside of North America, you pay 19c/min surcharge to receive calls on your +1 number.
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(#142)
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26-07-2009, 02:04
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(#143)
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26-07-2009, 02:07
Go to ebay...put in a search for ekit sim card and click on any of the offers with the US flag on it.....read through all the material and please show me where it says there is a 19¢ charge to receive calls in the UK or any of the other countries in that first list...it clearly says callin gthe USA/Canada from these countries is $0.49...nothing about a surcharge and it says free to receive....it doesn't say anywhere it's only free to receive if the call is made to the +44 number...there is absolutely nothing about the 19¢, at least not that I can find....this is as opposed to the original ekit card from telestial which first came out two months ago where it clearly indicated a 19¢ surcharge.
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(#144)
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26-07-2009, 04:13
I suppose I am not sure I would trust the the Ebay listing as is. This is the info from Ekit's page:
ekit, SIMple Calling Plus SIM card It says Free to receive calls in over 50 countries ON YOUR GLOBAL NUMBER so that is the +44 number. And it does mention the 19c/min. |
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(#145)
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26-07-2009, 04:21
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(#146)
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26-07-2009, 21:47
The company would go bankrupt quickly if it allowed free inbound calls on the +1 number. The only way to make that profitable is to have a monthly fee to cover the airtime usage.
Hardware: Too much but notably iPhone 5, iPad Mini Retina LTE, Moto G LTE (N.A. version), iPhone 4. All unlocked. |
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(#147)
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26-07-2009, 22:05
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(#148)
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26-07-2009, 22:32
So far, I am impressed with eKit. The US number seems to passes caller-id fairly well. The UK one doesn't seem to work as well.
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26-07-2009, 23:50
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If Ekit is providing a U.S. physical number, then they would have to pay the carrier who handles the call in the country you are in overseas. Of course I might be all wrong ...mike A/o Oct 20, 2013 no need for intl prepaid as T-Mobile U.S. includes voice roaming at 20¢/min (in and out)., unlimited text (in and out), and unlimited data in 140+ countries. My Plan -[6 lines] U.S. T-Mobile unlimited minutes (incoming and outgoing), unlimited text, fast data on each line. that $145/mo. total! . (In U.S. no surcharge for calling a cell.) If a line exceeds 2G of data in a month, pay $10 more for that line. [That only happens a couple times/year. |
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(#150)
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27-07-2009, 14:19
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On a US or Canadian number, the termination rate is the same as for a landline so there is no differential to pay to the mobile provider. The mobile phone owner pays because the caller is not paying. Someone has to pay for incoming calls. In most countries in the world the caller pays. In Canada and the US, as well as a few other countries, the callee pays. Hardware: Too much but notably iPhone 5, iPad Mini Retina LTE, Moto G LTE (N.A. version), iPhone 4. All unlocked. |
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