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What's the real deal with Go SIM? -
09-05-2009, 19:56
Their web site says there are no annual fees and minutes never expire. They have many countries with free incoming calls and I don't see surcharges or connection fees to make a call. The rates to call back to the U.S. are not bad. Their $48 Travel pack has $40 of airtime. It is an Estonia phone number. So what am I missing? Is there a better deal out there?
International SIM Cards from GOSIM™ - cheap mobile calls from abroad |
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Expensive number to call ! -
10-05-2009, 09:01
Go-sim use a Estonia +372 number. So do the one-sim-card from the USA and Oneroam. This was a very expensive number to call from my BT line in the uk, it was around 50p / $0.76 per minute.
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10-05-2009, 11:10
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10-05-2009, 16:17
Calls to Estonia numbers are also relatively expensive from the U.S. too. My concern is that GO-SIM seems a bit too good. No connection fee, no annual fee, no losing credits, good rates, etc. I have not seen any other SIM like this. The only issue I have seen is that you cannot recharge over the cell phone. You need the Internet or set up auto-recharge.
With so many SIM's shutting down, I want reliability and a good company to deal with. |
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11-05-2009, 09:32
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It's difficult to see how any company that targets the small specialist market for globals sims can succeed in the long run (be reliable). The fickle lowest-price-seeking customers (us) will drop them anytime they can find a better deal, and in the meantime exploit any loopholes they can find (e.g. callback to free incoming) to cut their revenue per customer. My dead GT-sim, 09, 0044, UM FL, and UM JE sims do sort of indicate it's not really a sustainable business model. If it ever went mass-market it might be possible to make more money (less knowledgeable customers), but with the EU roaming rates deals I don't see that happening. |
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11-05-2009, 11:36
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Chris Thailand: truemove (phone+sms+wifi) International: xxSim+372, toggle +44/+49/+41/+31 Phones: Huawei Mate7, Huawei P9 |
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blame ourselves? -
11-05-2009, 13:50
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I hope UM can solve their problems on +423 and/or +44 or both, I've been with them a long time, since the days of Riiing. |
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11-05-2009, 14:42
What do you mean by "free call backs"? The GO-SIM has free incoming calls in most of Europe?
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