Could T-Mobile (U.S.) new global plan doom the global SIM card business?

[jeffharris]

Originally Posted by powerlifter

I have been a T-Mobile subscriber for many years. MY problem with this is how do you get a client to call you if they have to make a long distance call if you are in the same country. I usually have a driver, and I would never let him call me long distance if I had gotten his vm. I personally will stick with local sim cards. I find it a lot easier to deal with.

you do realize, depending on where you go, most country calls to the US are sometimes in fact cheaper for therm than to call a local mobile.... just sayin...

and heck, if you have a driver, hes making money off of you. he can call you!!

Sadly (but im happy asbout it), i have not such a need for this board any more because of T-Mo's new Intl deal. I just keep a OneSimCard and a GeoSim SIM anyway in case i hit one of the countries TMo doesn't cover...

[Stu]

You can get the TMobile deal from harbormobile.com for $30 a month.

For the folks who don't live in the US and are attracted to this plan: A Canadian friend of mine in Toronto got a TMobile account with a US credit card and address. Within 90 days they had him flagged as not being a US resident. And no, it wasn't Vlad.

[Donal]

Does he perhaps speak French?

What happened after he was unmasked?

[Stu]

They shut off his roaming. By the way, he was not using the SIM to roam in Canada. It may have been plugged in on his dresser, but that was it.

[JPSmith]

Originally Posted by Stu

You can get the TMobile deal from harbormobile.com for $30 a month.

Not the same deal; harbor mobile (according to their website) charges $25 a month for voice roaming outside the U.S., in addition to the .20 per minute.