Review of Truphone - Page 8

Sophia · 30-05-2014, 15:37

New rates for Truphone: https://www.truphone.com/us/lp/hello-world/

Shame their data fees are so outrageous in Canada, if Piranha manages to charge 10x less why can't Tru?

bones_boy · 30-05-2014, 17:33

Looks like many of the international roaming prices went up incrementally across the board outside of the eight Truphone countries. Some went down a lot though - like South Korea. Assume it's a new roaming partner or partners?

kctopitz · 30-05-2014, 23:24

The 9 cent flat rate for Truphone countries is definitely impressive, and it apparently includes tax, which resolves a previous gripe I had with them.

$.09 per minute or SMS is even less than the prepaid rates of local prepaid service in most of Europe, i.e. in Germany, the "best deal" SIM cards have rates of €.09 ($.12) per minute or SMS. I'll definitely be using them more.

Now if only they'd start offering data packages...

tux · 31-05-2014, 12:13

Here are the tariffs in Euro: https://www.truphone.com/row/lp/hello-world-eu/

Finally a positive news for us PAYG customers!
P.S.: Did you notice that in the US incoming calls are free even on the US number?

kctopitz · 31-05-2014, 12:30

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Originally Posted by tux

P.S.: Did you notice that in the US incoming calls are free even on the US number?

Whoa. Thank you. I hadn't caught that, and that's definitely a big deal. No US providers do free incoming calls on prepaid, and I never thought that would change.

kctopitz · 31-05-2014, 12:24

For anyone with a Truphone SIM in the US: can you confirm whether you can use AT&T's 3G network now? Last I knew you could only use AT&T's 2G data, so I emailed asking if this would change with the upcoming pricing change, and the reply stated that you can connect to AT&T 3G now.

rfranzq · 31-05-2014, 22:01

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Originally Posted by kctopitz

For anyone with a Truphone SIM in the US: can you confirm whether you can use AT&T's 3G network now?

As of today, in southern California; no, it only works on 2G.

davidtheprof · 31-05-2014, 22:40

yep, Edge here in Boston, that's 2G

rfranzq · **Test rates after July 1st -** 05-06-2014, 02:26

I assure all of you I will test the new rates in California soon after July 1st.

snidely · 09-06-2014, 23:07

Lots of posts in the last few days from U.S. users.
I am confused. Why would a U.S. user bother with Truphone (or any other intl card) since they can use a T-Mobile U.S. account and roam with unlimited data and text and 20¢/min voice (free voice back to U.S. when on wifi w. most Android phones)?

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Sophia (Offline) Member Advanced Member Posts: 75 Join Date: 20 Jan 2010 Country:	30-05-2014, 15:37 New rates for Truphone: https://www.truphone.com/us/lp/hello-world/ Shame their data fees are so outrageous in Canada, if Piranha manages to charge 10x less why can't Tru?

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bones_boy (Offline) Member Advanced Member Posts: 90 Join Date: 06 Jun 2004 Country:	30-05-2014, 17:33 Looks like many of the international roaming prices went up incrementally across the board outside of the eight Truphone countries. Some went down a lot though - like South Korea. Assume it's a new roaming partner or partners?

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kctopitz (Offline) Member Advanced Member Posts: 94 Join Date: 05 Jan 2008 Country:	30-05-2014, 23:24 The 9 cent flat rate for Truphone countries is definitely impressive, and it apparently includes tax, which resolves a previous gripe I had with them. $.09 per minute or SMS is even less than the prepaid rates of local prepaid service in most of Europe, i.e. in Germany, the "best deal" SIM cards have rates of €.09 ($.12) per minute or SMS. I'll definitely be using them more. Now if only they'd start offering data packages...

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tux (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 250 Join Date: 28 Jan 2011 Country:	31-05-2014, 12:13 Here are the tariffs in Euro: https://www.truphone.com/row/lp/hello-world-eu/ Finally a positive news for us PAYG customers! P.S.: Did you notice that in the US incoming calls are free even on the US number?

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kctopitz (Offline) Member Advanced Member Posts: 94 Join Date: 05 Jan 2008 Country:	31-05-2014, 12:24 For anyone with a Truphone SIM in the US: can you confirm whether you can use AT&T's 3G network now? Last I knew you could only use AT&T's 2G data, so I emailed asking if this would change with the upcoming pricing change, and the reply stated that you can connect to AT&T 3G now.

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davidtheprof (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Fan Posts: 159 Join Date: 05 Jun 2011 Country:	31-05-2014, 22:40 yep, Edge here in Boston, that's 2G

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rfranzq (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Specialist Posts: 774 Join Date: 21 Apr 2009 Country:	Test rates after July 1st - 05-06-2014, 02:26 I assure all of you I will test the new rates in California soon after July 1st.

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snidely (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 451 Join Date: 09 May 2005 Location: Berkeley, California and Miami Country:	09-06-2014, 23:07 Lots of posts in the last few days from U.S. users. I am confused. Why would a U.S. user bother with Truphone (or any other intl card) since they can use a T-Mobile U.S. account and roam with unlimited data and text and 20¢/min voice (free voice back to U.S. when on wifi w. most Android phones)? Make use of T-M's UMA/wifi free calling from any place in the world with access to wifi. I use an LG G6, wife an S7) A/o Oct 20, 2013 no need for intl prepaid as T-Mobile U.S. includes voice roaming at 20¢/min (in and out)., unlimited text (in and out), and unlimited data in 140+ countries. My Plan -[6 lines] U.S. T-Mobile unlimited minutes (incoming and outgoing), unlimited text, fast data on each line. that $145/mo. total! . (In U.S. no surcharge for calling a cell.) If a line exceeds 2G of data in a month, pay $10 more for that line. [That only happens a couple times/year.