[RTuesday]

I can confirm that EKit Simple Calling no longer roams on GSM in (Western) Canada, including for existing sims (mine is several years old).

It was working fine when last called from on July 5th with a GSM-only phone, but today that phone now doesn't register on anything. Trying the sim in another phone, it can roam on both Telus and Rogers on UMTS, but again nothing on GSM.

There was no notice to existing customers that the ability to roam in Canada on GSM would be removed.

I was keeping one Simple Calling sim alive as a backup, but when this runs out now I won't bother, as it just stayed in the GSM-only phone. They may turn off other roaming without warning as well.

My main North American sim is T-Mobile prepaid. Cheaper in the US, a bit more expensive (but reliable!) in Canada, pricey but usable at a pinch (and for incoming sms) in Mexico and much of Europe.