Dual SIM card by SimCardGlobal.com - why do I need dual SIM

[MATHA531]

Originally Posted by RoadRunnerUS

bbob, you are writing "I did not look at the rates". You have to realize that many readers and potential buyers are reading the posts here and what you are doing is IMHO irresponsible. How can you compare between companies without looking at the rates? Just by saying e-kit product cost $9? that is the only factor?

You are “promoting” e-kit, while it is clearly a bad choice, at least for most of us. I gave in posts above several examples where e-kit rates are almost double than SimCardGlobal.com, e-kit has lousy incoming calls and SMS policy and I also compared e-kit to other leading companies in the market. I did the research after your initial post and concluded that by the end of the day, e-kit are much more expensive than the others, and let’s face the reality.

I also don't understand why you do not consider hidden fees by e-kit, such as $0.19 per minute on receiving calls on USA number, $0.35 connection fee (I wonder what is the rational to pay double on a 1 minute call...), $0.10 on incoming SMS and whatever additional hidding fees they have in their bag of tricks, also as "hidding rates in terms", as you wrote above.

I hope the smart readers of this chain will decide for themselves based on the facts and overall total cost and not by the hype.

Roadrunner.....

None of the fees you mentioned about e-kit are hidden...they are right there in the open. I believe the vast majority of North Americans will find that the majority of countries most (I agree not all) visit are listed in e=kit's zone 1 and hence those rates are quite competitive with most of the other international cards....now if I were going to Russia (BTW I need a visa to get there, I just can't go down to the airport and catch a plane to Moscow the same way I can to get to London or Tokyo) I would agree with you, e-kit is not a good choice. I would love you (or anybody else) to tell me of the best deal of a card that:

1. Has free reception of calls everywhere in the world (or at least less than say 20¢ US)

2. Dirt cheap calls both locally and internationally without surcharges to mobiles..

3. Free sms everywhere

4. Low initial cost (after all, we've now seen in the last year how fragile so many of these companies are. If you were to have told me a year ago that both O9 and United Mobile would be reposing in peace today, I wouldn't have believed you). So you don't want to have to make a big initial investment just in case nor have minimum recharging prices. You can recharge e-kit for as little as $10 via the internetl

5. A US direct dial number (as rates to call US lines are relatively cheap throughout the world).

6. No fair usage policy (I don't use it for business like most tourists don't and have problem with asking somebody to call me back)

7. No annual fee....

When you come up with such a card, let us all know. But as for me, and I would say for most tourists who need an international card (if you're visiting one or two countries, in some cases you might be better off with a local sim) e-kit is not the worst choice in the world.....but I indeed respect your opinion.

I just don't see why you have this hostility towards e-kit. They, at least to me who has read their stuff, quite up front with what they charge.