Watch out: ekit changed Passport Service rates in the middle of the night

[rfranzq]

In case anyone might care ekit seems to be/have been changing their 'UK' phone numbers from Isle of Man to Jersey.
This is not really all that surprising be cause Jersey Telecom
bought ekit a year or so ago.

[Bossman]

Yeah. I noticed thet my new sim has a 07937 number. Makes no difference to me, as I will just be using the US number.

Originally Posted by rfranzq

In case anyone might care ekit seems to be/have been changing their 'UK' phone numbers from Isle of Man to Jersey.
This is not really all that surprising be cause Jersey Telecom
bought ekit a year or so ago.

[dg7feq]

Originally Posted by rfranzq

In case anyone might care ekit seems to be/have been changing their 'UK' phone numbers from Isle of Man to Jersey.
This is not really all that surprising be cause Jersey Telecom
bought ekit a year or so ago.

Yes, and jeresey telecom also owns GO SIM and Telestial.

[Roti2000]

Another update: ekit sent the new SIM out quickly via UPS. The new number has a 7937 prefix.

One problem I didn't realize: they blocked my old SIM as soon as they sent the new one, so I was stuck without a working SIM for a couple of days as the new one was in transit.

Luckily there was only one day left in my trip so I wasn't too inconvenienced.

However, ekit customer service didn't make any mention that the old SIM would be closed immediately. I had assumed it would have been working until the new one was activated.

So if you go this route, expect to not have service for a couple of days.

[cellguru]

They transfer the balance as soon as you request the new SIM which causes the old SIM not to work. However if you put at least $10 on the old SIM it will continue working.

[Roti2000]

Originally Posted by cellguru

They transfer the balance as soon as you request the new SIM which causes the old SIM not to work. However if you put at least $10 on the old SIM it will continue working.

Ok, none of that was mentioned by Customer Service. I had about $9 on the card when it went dead.

[GadgetKen]

Upgraded my old ekit Simple Calling sim card to the new Telestial (ekit yellow) sim card after they sent me an email offering to upgrade the sim and give me a $5 credit (had spent it down to under US$1 after they tripled their non-US Caribbean rates on their old card). Arrived in the mail today but I'm currently in the USVI, so it will sit until I get home this weekend. Intriguing thing on the new card is that it is US/Can/Mex for direct dial on the US number, but I wish they would kill off the US$.49 connect charge.

Think Telna and country dedicated prepaid sims will be primary. The ekit sim will be secondary. If all else fails VOIP or Iridium.