Review of Truphone

davidtheprof · 28-07-2014, 03:36

So now that TMo USA is so good for international roaming, and I was about to archive my collection of international sims, I realize that I might need them for US travel - TMobile now has amazing coverage in almost every country in the world, thanks to its partners, but very spotty coverage in rural US, where I've been recently. And there are some large areas (eg. central NH) where the roaming agreement with ATT is not in effect.
So I've taken to using Piranha for backup in the US on ATT (which is more expensive for phone, slow 2g data, but at least a signal!)
Truphone defaults to Tmob, but I've read that you can force it to ATT via phone settings - but that doesn't work on my phone, says sim does not allow registration on that network. Wonder if part of going to cheapo 9/9/9 pricing required abandoning agreement with ATT, who apparently charges a lot more than that to MVNOs?

rfranzq · 28-07-2014, 05:24

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Originally Posted by davidtheprof

Truphone defaults to Tmob, but I've read that you can force it to ATT via phone settings - but that doesn't work on my phone, says sim does not allow registration on that network. Wonder if part of going to cheapo 9/9/9 pricing required abandoning agreement with ATT, who apparently charges a lot more than that to MVNOs?

Well, I quick went and checked the nearest phone I have and it fired up on AT&T which I assume was the network I that it had been connected to last time I turned the phone on over a week ago. So, AT&T seems to still work. In my experience, if your phone lets you choose networks it might take 3-5 tries choosing the 'other' network so it 'takes'.

I have 11 Truphone SIMs and have had them for years and this has been true always. The big if is whether your phone allows network choice. Some of my phones do not.

Bet you never thought of international SIMs for US roaming purposes!

davidtheprof · 28-07-2014, 18:40

thanks for checking - I was using an older Samsung Vibrant, and it shows me two networks available, Truphone (Tmob I assume) and ATT, but gives the error message if I try to select ATT (after 30 secs or so of showing 'registering'). Are you saying some phones don't have the hardware, even if Android allows network choice? I did try 2-3 times.

With Piranha, you select online on their website, but 30c/min outgoing, 24c incoming in US for ATT.

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davidtheprof (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Fan Posts: 159 Join Date: 05 Jun 2011 Country:	28-07-2014, 03:36 So now that TMo USA is so good for international roaming, and I was about to archive my collection of international sims, I realize that I might need them for US travel - TMobile now has amazing coverage in almost every country in the world, thanks to its partners, but very spotty coverage in rural US, where I've been recently. And there are some large areas (eg. central NH) where the roaming agreement with ATT is not in effect. So I've taken to using Piranha for backup in the US on ATT (which is more expensive for phone, slow 2g data, but at least a signal!) Truphone defaults to Tmob, but I've read that you can force it to ATT via phone settings - but that doesn't work on my phone, says sim does not allow registration on that network. Wonder if part of going to cheapo 9/9/9 pricing required abandoning agreement with ATT, who apparently charges a lot more than that to MVNOs?

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davidtheprof (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Fan Posts: 159 Join Date: 05 Jun 2011 Country:	28-07-2014, 18:40 thanks for checking - I was using an older Samsung Vibrant, and it shows me two networks available, Truphone (Tmob I assume) and ATT, but gives the error message if I try to select ATT (after 30 secs or so of showing 'registering'). Are you saying some phones don't have the hardware, even if Android allows network choice? I did try 2-3 times. With Piranha, you select online on their website, but 30c/min outgoing, 24c incoming in US for ATT.