Piranha Mobile Sim Card

[rfranzq]

Originally Posted by gkeeper

I tested Piranhas download speeds on my latest trip to US and i was pleasantly pleased, i was getting downloads speeds of between 3-5 Mbps, which is better than my domestic sim in the UK:>)

Do you happen to recall which network you were on?

Also, this might be useful.

Some useful Piranha information to change things from the handset rather than the web

[gkeeper]

Originally Posted by rfranzq

Do you happen to recall which network you were on?

Also, this might be useful.

Some useful Piranha information to change things from the handset rather than the web

Sorry i was on T-Mobile

[dg7feq]

yes, the pricing looks very competitive, also the fact that they dont charge extra for incoming calls on the US number.

[fsotirop]

Originally Posted by dg7feq

yes, the pricing looks very competitive, also the fact that they dont charge extra for incoming calls on the US number.

and very easy+cheap access to their telephone prefixes, there are NOT high termination rate numbers as all other competitors.

true UK & US numbers...

you can even attach local landline number for approximately 50 countries.

[andy]

Originally Posted by fsotirop

and very easy+cheap access to their telephone prefixes, there are NOT high termination rate numbers as all other competitors.

true UK & US numbers...

you can even attach local landline number for approximately 50 countries.

I'm not sure what you mean by true UK numbers, or whether it's that relevant for people outside the UK, many of whom don't need to wonder whether it comes from a UK network's bundle of minutes.

I read an article* on their website about the cost of calling various other mobile prefixes, and yet from various providers the cost of calling theirs is the same as the others they mentioned, and sometimes higher than main network prefixes. It's slightly (about a penny a minute) more from a BT landline than an IoM or O2 or the other main networks

* Mind you, that doesn't seem to be accessible at the moment.

[fsotirop]

received today from their customer service:

Dear Customer,

within the next week Piranha Mobile will be introducing direct dialling, at no extra cost, in the following countries.



Anguilla-Digicel
Antigua & Barbuda-Digicel
Aruba-Digicel
Barbados-Digicel
Bermuda-Digicel
British Virgin Islands-Digicel
Bulgaria-Globul
Bulgaria-Mobitel
Canada-Bell Mobility
Cayman Islands-Digicel
Dominica-Digicel
Estonia-Elisa
Grenada-Digicel
Haiti-Digicel
Jamaica-Digicel
Liechtenstein-Swisscom
Samoa-Digicel
Singapore-Singtel
St Kitts & Nevis-Digicel
St Lucia-Digicel
St Vincent -Digicel
Turks & Caicos-Digicel



in USA (T-Mobile) & Canada (Bell Mobility) direct calling is already activated.



Regards from

Piranha Mobile Admin

[davidtheprof]

just got the same email myself,
interesting strategy, to focus on the Caribbean, and a few other odd countries, makes Piranha a better choice than Lime for the region.

Hope some European countries will be on the next list!

[gkeeper]

Originally Posted by fsotirop

received today from their customer service:

Dear Customer,

within the next week Piranha Mobile will be introducing direct dialling, at no extra cost, in the following countries.



Anguilla-Digicel
Antigua & Barbuda-Digicel
Aruba-Digicel
Barbados-Digicel
Bermuda-Digicel
British Virgin Islands-Digicel
Bulgaria-Globul
Bulgaria-Mobitel
Canada-Bell Mobility
Cayman Islands-Digicel
Dominica-Digicel
Estonia-Elisa
Grenada-Digicel
Haiti-Digicel
Jamaica-Digicel
Liechtenstein-Swisscom
Samoa-Digicel
Singapore-Singtel
St Kitts & Nevis-Digicel
St Lucia-Digicel
St Vincent -Digicel
Turks & Caicos-Digicel



in USA (T-Mobile) & Canada (Bell Mobility) direct calling is already activated.



Regards from

Piranha Mobile Admin

Do you think they will ever get direct calling in the UK that would be very cool? I have been using them for a while now and find the service is very reliable.

[fsotirop]

their +44 number is a true UK prefix .. not IOM or Jersey... so, a lot cheaper +easier access (not blocked prefixes)

[andy]

Originally Posted by fsotirop

their +44 number is a true UK prefix .. not IOM or Jersey... so, a lot cheaper +easier access (not blocked prefixes)

It depends on which provider you use to call the number.

Calling directly from my landline, most Isle of Man numbers would be exactly the same price as calling O2, and calling Cloud9 numbers exactly the same price as calling Three, and all main networks are currently 11.3 pence a minute.

The wholesale termination rate for calling ordinary UK mobiles is now 1.70 pence a minute, and regular retail price can be found for from about 2 pence (one promotional offer has 0.1p), though most UK-based retail cheap calls providers have rates from 4 to 10 pence a minute.

So even if some of these prefixes still have higher rates there is margin to connect them from most providers. But I'm not going to do a load of tests of 0844 numbers from the landline

Some non-UK wholesalers or retailers probably just charge more anyway for catch-all exclusions.

But that doesn't happen everywhere, with one I've looked at having retail rates at (all plus VAT) 4p for main network prefixes, then it charges Piranha at 8.2p with Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey Swiftnet Truphone and most others, Lyca 9.9p, Cloud9 8.2p or 14.9p.

And I'm not convinced that there are blocks on that many of these. One
particular network seems to be unreachable from one group of brands, but that's all I've heard of so far.