09 Iceland

[Przemolog]

Originally Posted by albino

09 had a few nasty technical hitches, but are recovering. The US was a disaster for them.

First of all, their rates for US are a disaster (just in case of other international SIMs, perhaps except for Hop) :P. I can see no reason for using 09 at Uncle Sam's :whistle:

Originally Posted by albino

They dont have texting available yet but perhaps 2 more months.

Here is a disclaimer:
http://www.orate.co.uk/Roaming/09tariff.html
Text messages will cost ?0.49 to send. Receiving text messages will be free of charge. We expect the text messaging function to commence soon after March 2006.

Originally Posted by albino

They use swisscome for their roaming partner, and own their own switching gear, as opposed to the others who apparently dont, thus giving 09 the potential to undercut the rest if things get rough.

Where is it said explicitly that they use Swisscom's roaming agreements?