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Default 27-07-2010, 20:48

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Actually, you can purchase a $0 balance SIM card and then 23.9 months from now add $25 of airtime and make 1 call. So in this case, $25 would keep the SIM card active for 4 years/48 months if you do not make or receive any more calls or recharge your airtime. You would have until month 34 to recharge again and roll over the $25 balance, so technically it would not "cost" anything as long as you plan on using your airtime at some point.
I don't know whether you are being facetious, but I'm having a hard time getting my head around what you said. Who would buy a card with the express purpose of seeing how long he can make it last without using it?

My only point is that the combination of a 10 month expiration period and a $25 minimum recharge amount means that, as a practical matter, someone who is not traveling all the time will leave money on the table. It's hard to finish a trip without leaving a substantial balance in the account, and if you don't need to replenish that amount for a while, you will lose it.
   
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Default 27-07-2010, 23:39

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I don't know whether you are being facetious, but I'm having a hard time getting my head around what you said. Who would buy a card with the express purpose of seeing how long he can make it last without using it?

My only point is that the combination of a 10 month expiration period and a $25 minimum recharge amount means that, as a practical matter, someone who is not traveling all the time will leave money on the table. It's hard to finish a trip without leaving a substantial balance in the account, and if you don't need to replenish that amount for a while, you will lose it.
Sorry- was not intending to sound facetious, just attempting to clarify your point. Yes, if like you, someone rarely travels overseas and, when they do they only use their cell phone for emergencies, then they are probably better off just using their domestic carrier and paying their rates. There's no need to go through the process of buying a global SIM (or even a local SIM) and worrying about balance expiration just to save a dollar or two on a few phone calls. Most customers though easily spend $25 on calls during a single trip (that's about 60 minutes of outgoing calls from Greece or South Korea, for example).

You would want to compare our rates to your other available options, estimate how many calls you would make and receive on your trip, and calculate your projected savings to determine whether it's worth it for you.
   
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