Got My Yackie Card - And It's Working Fine

snidely · 06-07-2006, 21:43

Thought I would start a new thread - since i'm responsible for the other two on "Yackie"

Had my Yackie card for a couple days, and could make out going calls both on a new phone (direct dialed, almost instant call back) and an old phone where I had to menu dial (no problem, just a few key presses on the phone to get to the menu).
Newer phone - quad band Moto V330 Older phone: SEr520m (tri-band)

Now incoming is fine. Glitch in assigning me a local 510 number. (Originally SIM was assigned a number fm. the original Ohio number pool.)

I haven't used it outside the U.S. It does access both T-Mobile and Cingular here.

Voice quality on outgoing was very good on the couple test calls. Incoming does not seem quite that good - would rate it just "fair". There seems to be a delay-which is minimal.
One point that may create a problem for callers - there seems to be a 10 to 15 second delay before the caller hears a "ringing" tone. Once the caller hears the ringing tone, it takes about 2 rings before the Yackie phone actually starts ringing.

My fear is that callers might hang up after 10 or 15 seconds of dead air.

I will do further testing this evening. VM etc. And, maybe, a few more test calls. You do get an immediate SMS after someone calls and you didn't answer informing you that they didn't leave a message. It gives you the ID of the caller. IOW, the system does pass ID on incoming.

more later.

...mike

bones_boy · 07-07-2006, 00:52

YES!!!

Good news.

BTW, how did you resolve the number assignment problem? Email, phone call? How quickly was it resolved?

Przemolog · 07-07-2006, 07:24

Have you tried SMS sending/receiving to an Israeli "real" SIM number? And, have tried calling that number directly - is it really blocked for incoming calls?

dg7feq · 07-07-2006, 08:09

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Originally Posted by snidely

Voice quality on outgoing was very good on the couple test calls. Incoming does not seem quite that good - would rate it just "fair". There seems to be a delay-which is minimal.
One point that may create a problem for callers - there seems to be a 10 to 15 second delay before the caller hears a "ringing" tone. Once the caller hears the ringing tone, it takes about 2 rings before the Yackie phone actually starts ringing.

My fear is that callers might hang up after 10 or 15 seconds of dead air.

Thats the same here with the "o2 Genion" product. Where you get a virtual landline-number attached to your sim-card. It also takes up to 15 seconds before it rings. So also the "big players" have the same problems like yackie here.

Chris

Stu · 07-07-2006, 10:44

They should program their server to play something after three or four seconds without a connection like, "Please hold while the mobile customer you have dialed is located."

dg7feq · 07-07-2006, 11:06

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Originally Posted by Stu

They should program their server to play something after three or four seconds without a connection like, "Please hold while the mobile customer you have dialed is located."

The question is if they could put on such a announcement without picking up the call and make the caller pay for the text.... o2 could do as they are they run their own network - but yackie?

Chris

Bossman · 07-07-2006, 11:34

Voicestick uses a similar feature with their call forwarding.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stu

They should program their server to play something after three or four seconds without a connection like, "Please hold while the mobile customer you have dialed is located."

dg7feq · 07-07-2006, 12:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bossman

Voicestick uses a similar feature with their call forwarding.

without charging the caller?

VladS · 07-07-2006, 12:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stu

They should program their server to play something after three or four seconds without a connection like, "Please hold while the mobile customer you have dialed is located."

They would need their own SS7 infrastructure on the TDM end to do that.

bones_boy · 07-07-2006, 12:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by dg7feq

The question is if they could put on such a announcement without picking up the call and make the caller pay for the text.... o2 could do as they are they run their own network - but yackie?

I would bet that when you call in to the Yackie number, that you are indeed paying for the call during that 10-15 seconds of dead air.

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snidely (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 451 Join Date: 09 May 2005 Location: Berkeley, California and Miami Country:	06-07-2006, 21:43 Thought I would start a new thread - since i'm responsible for the other two on "Yackie" Had my Yackie card for a couple days, and could make out going calls both on a new phone (direct dialed, almost instant call back) and an old phone where I had to menu dial (no problem, just a few key presses on the phone to get to the menu). Newer phone - quad band Moto V330 Older phone: SEr520m (tri-band) Now incoming is fine. Glitch in assigning me a local 510 number. (Originally SIM was assigned a number fm. the original Ohio number pool.) I haven't used it outside the U.S. It does access both T-Mobile and Cingular here. Voice quality on outgoing was very good on the couple test calls. Incoming does not seem quite that good - would rate it just "fair". There seems to be a delay-which is minimal. One point that may create a problem for callers - there seems to be a 10 to 15 second delay before the caller hears a "ringing" tone. Once the caller hears the ringing tone, it takes about 2 rings before the Yackie phone actually starts ringing. My fear is that callers might hang up after 10 or 15 seconds of dead air. I will do further testing this evening. VM etc. And, maybe, a few more test calls. You do get an immediate SMS after someone calls and you didn't answer informing you that they didn't leave a message. It gives you the ID of the caller. IOW, the system does pass ID on incoming. more later. ...mike 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.

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bones_boy (Offline) Member Advanced Member Posts: 90 Join Date: 06 Jun 2004 Country:	07-07-2006, 00:52 YES!!! Good news. BTW, how did you resolve the number assignment problem? Email, phone call? How quickly was it resolved?

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Przemolog (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Guru Posts: 1,211 Join Date: 06 Feb 2005 Location: Swidnik-home, Lublin-work Country:	07-07-2006, 07:24 Have you tried SMS sending/receiving to an Israeli "real" SIM number? And, have tried calling that number directly - is it really blocked for incoming calls?

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Stu (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Guru Posts: 1,091 Join Date: 11 Feb 2004 Location: Detroit (formerly Dubai) Country:	07-07-2006, 10:44 They should program their server to play something after three or four seconds without a connection like, "Please hold while the mobile customer you have dialed is located."