Review of Truphone

snidely · 26-05-2014, 20:27

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Originally Posted by davidtheprof

as of July 1 2014, outgoing calls in EU will cost max. 19c (Euros), incoming 6, and data 20c/MB. Current rates nearly double that.
And the proposal to abolish roaming for EU carriers within EU not yet approved, as far as I know. Recent elections won't help, either!

OFF topic: Yeah - just read in today's NYTimes about how far to the right some countries are going. Isolationism now seems to be quite popular in some countries. Can't understand Greece which was bailed out by the rest of the EU.

Anyway - my original statement still stands. In the original days of cellular in the U.S. you paid long distance for any call outside your very local area and paid to roam outside your immediate home area. For the last several years, calls anywhere within the U.S. are considered "local", and there hasn't been roaming within U.S. for, maybe, 10 years. Starting about 5 years ago, most "regular" plans include unlimited voice minutes (in/out). The same will happen with international calling and roaming in the not to distant future.

Sophia · 30-05-2014, 15:37

New rates for Truphone: https://www.truphone.com/us/lp/hello-world/

Shame their data fees are so outrageous in Canada, if Piranha manages to charge 10x less why can't Tru?

bones_boy · 30-05-2014, 17:33

Looks like many of the international roaming prices went up incrementally across the board outside of the eight Truphone countries. Some went down a lot though - like South Korea. Assume it's a new roaming partner or partners?

kctopitz · 30-05-2014, 23:24

The 9 cent flat rate for Truphone countries is definitely impressive, and it apparently includes tax, which resolves a previous gripe I had with them.

$.09 per minute or SMS is even less than the prepaid rates of local prepaid service in most of Europe, i.e. in Germany, the "best deal" SIM cards have rates of €.09 ($.12) per minute or SMS. I'll definitely be using them more.

Now if only they'd start offering data packages...

bones_boy · 31-05-2014, 04:33

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Originally Posted by kctopitz

Now if only they'd start offering data packages...

Can't you just sign up for one of their "individual" business plans? It has data packages for the Truphone 8 countries.

http://www.truphone.com/us/business/Price-Plans/

kctopitz · 31-05-2014, 12:07

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Originally Posted by bones_boy

Can't you just sign up for one of their "individual" business plans? It has data packages for the Truphone 8 countries.

http://www.truphone.com/us/business/Price-Plans/

Their cheapest plan is $50 for 300 MB, 300 min, 300 sms. I'd barely use the minutes or SMS, so I'd be paying $50 for 300MB, which is 16.7 cents per MB. I'd be better off pay for pay-as-you-go data at 9 cents a MB ($27 for 300 MB).

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Sophia (Offline) Member Advanced Member Posts: 75 Join Date: 20 Jan 2010 Country:	30-05-2014, 15:37 New rates for Truphone: https://www.truphone.com/us/lp/hello-world/ Shame their data fees are so outrageous in Canada, if Piranha manages to charge 10x less why can't Tru?

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bones_boy (Offline) Member Advanced Member Posts: 90 Join Date: 06 Jun 2004 Country:	30-05-2014, 17:33 Looks like many of the international roaming prices went up incrementally across the board outside of the eight Truphone countries. Some went down a lot though - like South Korea. Assume it's a new roaming partner or partners?

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kctopitz (Offline) Member Advanced Member Posts: 94 Join Date: 05 Jan 2008 Country:	30-05-2014, 23:24 The 9 cent flat rate for Truphone countries is definitely impressive, and it apparently includes tax, which resolves a previous gripe I had with them. $.09 per minute or SMS is even less than the prepaid rates of local prepaid service in most of Europe, i.e. in Germany, the "best deal" SIM cards have rates of €.09 ($.12) per minute or SMS. I'll definitely be using them more. Now if only they'd start offering data packages...