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rfranzq · **phone numbers from Isle of Man to Jersey. -** 08-03-2013, 06:53

In case anyone might care ekit seems to be/have been changing their 'UK' phone numbers from Isle of Man to Jersey.
This is not really all that surprising be cause Jersey Telecom
bought ekit a year or so ago.

Bossman · 08-03-2013, 12:15

Yeah. I noticed thet my new sim has a 07937 number. Makes no difference to me, as I will just be using the US number.

Quote:

Originally Posted by rfranzq

In case anyone might care ekit seems to be/have been changing their 'UK' phone numbers from Isle of Man to Jersey.
This is not really all that surprising be cause Jersey Telecom
bought ekit a year or so ago.

dg7feq · 08-03-2013, 13:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by rfranzq

In case anyone might care ekit seems to be/have been changing their 'UK' phone numbers from Isle of Man to Jersey.
This is not really all that surprising be cause Jersey Telecom
bought ekit a year or so ago.

Yes, and jeresey telecom also owns GO SIM and Telestial.

Roti2000 · 12-03-2013, 15:30

Another update: ekit sent the new SIM out quickly via UPS. The new number has a 7937 prefix.

One problem I didn't realize: they blocked my old SIM as soon as they sent the new one, so I was stuck without a working SIM for a couple of days as the new one was in transit.

Luckily there was only one day left in my trip so I wasn't too inconvenienced.

However, ekit customer service didn't make any mention that the old SIM would be closed immediately. I had assumed it would have been working until the new one was activated.

So if you go this route, expect to not have service for a couple of days.

cellguru · 15-03-2013, 02:31

They transfer the balance as soon as you request the new SIM which causes the old SIM not to work. However if you put at least $10 on the old SIM it will continue working.

Roti2000 · 15-03-2013, 20:43

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Originally Posted by cellguru

They transfer the balance as soon as you request the new SIM which causes the old SIM not to work. However if you put at least $10 on the old SIM it will continue working.

Ok, none of that was mentioned by Customer Service. I had about $9 on the card when it went dead.

GadgetKen · 21-03-2013, 00:39

Upgraded my old ekit Simple Calling sim card to the new Telestial (ekit yellow) sim card after they sent me an email offering to upgrade the sim and give me a $5 credit (had spent it down to under US$1 after they tripled their non-US Caribbean rates on their old card). Arrived in the mail today but I'm currently in the USVI, so it will sit until I get home this weekend. Intriguing thing on the new card is that it is US/Can/Mex for direct dial on the US number, but I wish they would kill off the US$.49 connect charge.

Think Telna and country dedicated prepaid sims will be primary. The ekit sim will be secondary. If all else fails VOIP or Iridium.

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rfranzq (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Specialist Posts: 774 Join Date: 21 Apr 2009 Country:	phone numbers from Isle of Man to Jersey. - 08-03-2013, 06:53 In case anyone might care ekit seems to be/have been changing their 'UK' phone numbers from Isle of Man to Jersey. This is not really all that surprising be cause Jersey Telecom bought ekit a year or so ago.

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Roti2000 (Offline) Junior Member Amateur Member Posts: 18 Join Date: 08 Jun 2010 Country:	12-03-2013, 15:30 Another update: ekit sent the new SIM out quickly via UPS. The new number has a 7937 prefix. One problem I didn't realize: they blocked my old SIM as soon as they sent the new one, so I was stuck without a working SIM for a couple of days as the new one was in transit. Luckily there was only one day left in my trip so I wasn't too inconvenienced. However, ekit customer service didn't make any mention that the old SIM would be closed immediately. I had assumed it would have been working until the new one was activated. So if you go this route, expect to not have service for a couple of days.

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cellguru (Offline) Junior Member Newbie Posts: 6 Join Date: 12 Jun 2011 Country:	15-03-2013, 02:31 They transfer the balance as soon as you request the new SIM which causes the old SIM not to work. However if you put at least $10 on the old SIM it will continue working.

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GadgetKen (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 342 Join Date: 14 Dec 2004 Location: Connecticut, USA Country:	21-03-2013, 00:39 Upgraded my old ekit Simple Calling sim card to the new Telestial (ekit yellow) sim card after they sent me an email offering to upgrade the sim and give me a $5 credit (had spent it down to under US$1 after they tripled their non-US Caribbean rates on their old card). Arrived in the mail today but I'm currently in the USVI, so it will sit until I get home this weekend. Intriguing thing on the new card is that it is US/Can/Mex for direct dial on the US number, but I wish they would kill off the US$.49 connect charge. Think Telna and country dedicated prepaid sims will be primary. The ekit sim will be secondary. If all else fails VOIP or Iridium. Phones/Wireless Devices: Doogee S90, Isatphone Pro, Amazon Kindle 3G, SkyRoam MiFi device, Karma MiFi device, AT&T Liberate MiFi device Sim Cards: T-Mobile (Mint), AT&T (Mifi device or Kindle), Koko Satphone: InMarSat Broadband US Wireless Data: AT&T postpaid, Sprint (Karma Mobility prepaid) Broadband International Data: SkyRoam VOIP: Skype