Any opinions on eKit SIMs?

[RTuesday]

Originally Posted by ygeffens

I'm using Voipcheap.com (not the .co.uk-site), at €0,07, and its working fine here.

Thanks for that, works great, good price.

My new setup with the ekit Global Premium Mobile, for UK (including IOM) , France, Spain, or Mexico:

1. set up a voipcheap account for this purpose, cost 10 euro (no VAT as I used a non-EU payment).

2. Forward all calls from the voipcheap account to the +44 7924 ekit number (and turn off the voipcheap application on the PC).

3. set up an ipkall.com Washington State number, pointing to myaccountname @ sip.voipcheap.com

4. set up one or more callback services to the ipkall US number.

Result: I can be reached by calling a US number (cheap for most people to call) which costs me Eur 7c/min to receive when in a free incoming country (or can also be reached on the IOM mobile number, free to me). I can also divert my US mobile to the ipkall number, as it's just a domestic divert, when in Mexico. (and 102+ divert the Manx number to my US mobile, when in US).

To make outgoing calls in a free incoming country, using Enlinea Mango it's 5c/min to US/UK, plus the Eur 7c/min incoming (ie. US 15c/min). Couple of cents more on Callbackworld. Gphone can't do a callback to a US number, so I've set that up to callback direct to the Manx number (49c/min) as a backup in case either ipkall or voipcheap fail.

I've just tested this all in IOM, and it works.

But it remains to be seen if incoming is really free in Mexico, or how long it lasts!

[prion]

It appears that the cheapest callthrough in the UK for UK mobiles (08445667566) can not reach 07924 numbers!

[andy]

Originally Posted by prion

It appears that the cheapest callthrough in the UK for UK mobiles (08445667566) can not reach 07924 numbers!

well it works this morning

[ygeffens]

Some questions about the 0844 number:

* Can I dial it from another country (with VOIP maybe, if so, which provider?)
* What is the cost for dialing this number?
* Who is providing this number? Is there a comany-site with more information?

[andy]

It's from a Finarea company called Phonecheap and costs 5 pence a minute from a BT landline. Other cheap calls operators cost from 6 pence a minute upwards, via either 0871 numbers or carrier-select prefix code such as 18185.

I have no idea which foreign companies you can call these numbers from, but doubt it is very many. And there really is little point anyway, as you will have other options to reach UK mobiles such as VoIP that you already mentioned - as RT says, voipcheap.com is amongst the cheapest, at 7c/min + vat

[ygeffens]

Originally Posted by andy

It's from a Finarea company called Phonecheap and costs 5 pence a minute from a BT landline. Other cheap calls operators cost from 6 pence a minute upwards, via either 0871 numbers or carrier-select prefix code such as 18185.

I have no idea which foreign companies you can call these numbers from, but doubt it is very many. And there really is little point anyway, as you will have other options to reach UK mobiles such as VoIP that you already mentioned - as RT says, voipcheap.com is amongst the cheapest, at 7c/min + vat

Right, I'm using voipcheap.com, but there is most of the times a delay, resulting in a prehistoric walkie-talkie kind of behaviour
And I was hoping it would be another company also offering VOIP.
Anyway, it's cheap, and you get what you pay for.