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Originally Posted by MrEd
Andy
I think we spoke.
What do you mean "now this....."
May be I can clarify.
Ed
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Whether we spoke or not, don't forget I've spoken to others.
Ok, some website statements have been modified, but it still says British number; this is probably splitting hairs as far as most foreign networks will be concerned, but for British customers, there are reasons to find out ...
It is (or was) ambiguous in some dealer statements whether it is a British network, and also whether it comes from cross-net minutes or not. The other dealer's materials suggested that people find out call diversion costs, but if it is counted as a foreign network then call diversion is actually impossible, except from O2.
To be fair though, even enquiries at Orange O2 and 3 have not been answered as clearly as possible. And I've since found one company that describes it as O2 and forwards to it at the same tariff (8.4p/min); their callback is interesting at 9.5p.
RTuesday points out that the roaming agreements are not identical to O2 - again unexpected differences with statements that it would be the same.
Other people here have pointed out that it looks expensive with a small amount of credit, which impression is not improved by having ?40 and ?50 prices on eBay for the same item. Now that there are more global SIMs appearing, a more competitive price might be helpful.
Perhaps 0700700's understanding of the similarities and differences between 0044 and Geodesa derives from the fact that Geodesa seems to an 0044 agent on some products, and a rival on others.
And to go back to whether it is counted as British or Isle of Man mobile, enquiries of a number of cheap call providers are met with the statement that their covered destinations are shown on their website, which doesn't actually answer the question. Perhaps you could tell UK readers whether 18866, 1899, Simply-Fone and other cheap providers can access these as UK numbers, and also comment on tariffs from UK mobile networks?
And whether an introductory offer might lower the price to ?25 or 30?