Any long term expiration (credit & sim) with normal US number?

[ghostrider]

Originally Posted by rfranzq

Have you considered Truphone at all??
I know of NO ONE who has had a Truphone SIM expire on them.

Is it really that hard to remember to make a call every other month or so?
Set it and forget it is nice but just does not seem to be too realistic in this market.

I just checked their website and it seems they don't have pay as you go plans, so this solution doesn't suit me. As for your "Is it really that hard to remember to make a call every other month or so?", well, everyone has its tastes.

[rfranzq]

Originally Posted by ghostrider

I just checked their website and it seems they don't have pay as you go plans........

Here are the prepaid SIMs:

https://www.truphone.com/uk/consumer/sim/

https://www.truphone.com/us/consumer/sim/

The US one comes with a US number.
The UK one lets you pay £5.00 per month for a US number.

[ghostrider]

Originally Posted by rfranzq

Here are the prepaid SIMs:

https://www.truphone.com/uk/consumer/sim/

https://www.truphone.com/us/consumer/sim/

The US one comes with a US number.
The UK one lets you pay £5.00 per month for a US number.

Thanks for the links, I checked the rates and was astonished. I mean, never seen rates so high. It is absolutely prohibitive. Am I wrong?

[Bossman]

Truphone is good if you will be using it in one of their home countries (US, UK, etc.). Otherwise, I do not think any other international sim has such a long expiry date like Piranha. I just checked my very old truphone sim and it still works with my credit intact. I have not used it in at least 2 years. Piranha works very well for me. I have no need for their SMS functionality. I just us it to be reachable on a US number if I am in a country where I do not have a local number, and to forward to my local sim.

Originally Posted by ghostrider

Thanks for the links, I checked the rates and was astonished. I mean, never seen rates so high. It is absolutely prohibitive. Am I wrong?

[Stu]

Originally Posted by ghostrider

Thanks for the links, I checked the rates and was astonished. I mean, never seen rates so high. It is absolutely prohibitive. Am I wrong?

Truphone has always been a little high, but I think for many countries they are ok except for data.