Best practice international GSM setup

[HappyCamp]

Originally Posted by MBK

Thank you MBK for taking so much time [/I]to show us another option. It is great to have more choices to choose from for everyone so we can all find what suits us best. I unfortunately don't have a smartphone, so what are the best options in my case?

MBK, actually I appreciate your comments. It is interesting to learn about different options. I'll be honest and admit I likely will not use your technique of a +372 SIM card plus a VOIP provider. But reading about it, it does seem like you can get pretty cheap rates using it.

I think myself and other people see the steps to enable this and think it appears substantially more complicated than just purchasing a SIM card and using it. But I may get motivated to investigate it more thoroughly before my trip.

I do think though to state OneSimCard is better than XXXX, is a bit disingenious. Now saying that you think OneSimCard when used with a VOIP provider (e.g. hotvoip . com ) and then something like callcentric can be the most cost effective solution you know sounds correct. When I was reading things originally I could not figure out why you thought OneSimCard was so good. Not until it became clear that the VOIP provider was needed did it become clear. And it does seem like a very cool solution to do this.

Thanks again!

[DRNewcomb]

Originally Posted by HappyCamp

When I was reading things originally I could not figure out why you thought OneSimCard was so good. Not until it became clear that the VOIP provider was needed did it become clear. And it does seem like a very cool solution to do this.

I'd just like to mention that in the past whenever we have found some incredible bargain on calls to premium rate numbers, the deal has only lasted for a while and then either the rate went way up or it quit working. This happened with calls to UM and a number of other premium rate services. So, my advice to MBK is to keep a close watch on the system he has chosen, make sure it actually works and have a backup plan.

[MBK]

Originally Posted by DRNewcomb

I'd just like to mention that in the past whenever we have found some incredible bargain on calls to premium rate numbers, the deal has only lasted for a while and then either the rate went way up or it quit working. This happened with calls to UM and a number of other premium rate services. So, my advice to MBK is to keep a close watch on the system he has chosen, make sure it actually works and have a backup plan.

Yes, you are right. I also had the issue with Jersey numbers suddenly switching from €0.02 to €0.11.

The many free and other low rates have not really changed in 7 years (they are always going down), so I am not worried about them. But regarding the +372 rates, the betamax clones seem to be stable for more than a year now, adding more and more clones at the lower rates as time passes.

But of course this can change. What will I do if this happens?

• I'll still keep the +372 as primary number (free incoming/forwarding in 154 countries)
• and only trigger the callback on the 2nd local/regional SIM in the dual SIM phone.

[fsotirop]

Mbk do you have a web link of travelsim data packages?
Update:
Just found it.
Just tried and the 250mb package also work on my airbalticcard sim, greatt

Please note that the 4475207 free UK number that airbalticcard offer has only 0.15eur. per call surcharge!not per minute as onesimard pen numbers or xxsim incoming numbers

[MBK]

Originally Posted by fsotirop

Mbk do you have a web link of travelsim data packages?
Update:
Just found it.
The 250mb package Also work on my airbalticcard sim, great!


Please note that the 4475207 free UK number that airbalticcard offer has only 0.15eur. per call surcharge!not per minute as onesimard pen numbers or xxsim incoming numbers

Great! Thanks for the feedback.

[MBK]

Originally Posted by fsotirop

Please note that the 4475207 free UK number that airbalticcard offer has only 0.15eur. per call surcharge!not per minute as onesimard pen numbers or xxsim incoming numbers

Does it also accept incoming SMS or only calls?

[fsotirop]

Originally Posted by MBK

Does it also accept incoming SMS or only calls?

Not sure about sms, will try tomorrow morning and i will revert back

Travelsim has very agressive marketing lately... http://www.prepaidmvno.com/2013/08/1...o-sim-service/

[MBK]

Originally Posted by HappyCamp

MBK, actually I appreciate your comments. It is interesting to learn about different options. I'll be honest and admit I likely will not use your technique of a +372 SIM card plus a VOIP provider. But reading about it, it does seem like you can get pretty cheap rates using it.

I think myself and other people see the steps to enable this and think it appears substantially more complicated than just purchasing a SIM card and using it. But I may get motivated to investigate it more thoroughly before my trip.

I do think though to state OneSimCard is better than XXXX, is a bit disingenious. Now saying that you think OneSimCard when used with a VOIP provider (e.g. hotvoip . com ) and then something like callcentric can be the most cost effective solution you know sounds correct. When I was reading things originally I could not figure out why you thought OneSimCard was so good. Not until it became clear that the VOIP provider was needed did it become clear. And it does seem like a very cool solution to do this.

Thanks again!

Yes, absolutely. We all have our different use cases or preferences and all the options offered in this thread are valid.

Keep in mind that the callback system I was referring to can be used with any phone. If you want you can make a trial callback call here (one of the betamax clones - warning this one is cheap to some destinations and expensive to some others - but its a good trial as all of them are using the same platform):

(registration is free, you don't have to pay anything for the trial).

http://www.voipdiscount.com/free_trial_call


Yes, it seems I wasn't clear enough in the beginning. My bad.

Thanks for the nice comment!