Talafone and Xfone

DRNewcomb · 01-04-2006, 00:04

Well both Talafone and Xfone have a lot of work to do before I'll invest in one of their SIMs. I just don't like trying to guess what a product is all about.

It does look like another Isle of Man based SIM. No?

andy · 01-04-2006, 00:08

It looks like the same IoM SIM rebranded

Move fast - only 1 million numbers available!

(fewer than that actually, as they won't start with 0)

andy · 01-04-2006, 00:15

However, it did prompt me into noticing Japan on the list, which I know DRN and one or two others are interested in.

I just checked the rates on the CallKey site - US$ 0.1854 + vat for outgoing, free incoming. Sorry about that - I should have looked before

DRNewcomb · 01-04-2006, 00:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by andy

I just checked the rates on the CallKey site - US$ 0.1854 + vat for outgoing, free incoming. Sorry about that - I should have looked before

Andy, could you please toss me a URL. I'd be very interested in this. Frankly, I'm bewildered by all the new international SIMs out there. I recall when SwissCom's easyRoam was the only international prepaid.

andy · 01-04-2006, 00:53

Unfortunately CallKey only show the tariffs on secure pages when logged in to the account. The SIM is only shown on their ordinary site as a forthcoming product

0044 don't have Japan shown on their site yet
http://www.0044.co.uk/callcalculator/calcu...?Action=compute

And Geodesa's offshoot site doesn't have enough tariff info yet either, but says it may be updated ... http://www.globalsimcard.co.uk/save.htm

I'll phone CallKey, or you could - both UK and US numbers
http://www.callkey.com/contactus.htm

andy · 01-04-2006, 00:56

And seeing as this thread is about comparing SIMs, as the OP said, I'll point out that the Talafone and X-fone products both appear to be CallKey rebrands but at substantially higher tariffs, and also higher than UM so this discussion isn't quite as off-topic as it might be

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DRNewcomb (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Professionist Posts: 1,465 Join Date: 27 Feb 2004 Location: Mississippi, USA Country:	01-04-2006, 00:04 Well both Talafone and Xfone have a lot of work to do before I'll invest in one of their SIMs. I just don't like trying to guess what a product is all about. It does look like another Isle of Man based SIM. No?

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andy (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Prophet Posts: 2,128 Join Date: 10 Dec 2004 Country:	01-04-2006, 00:08 It looks like the same IoM SIM rebranded Move fast - only 1 million numbers available! (fewer than that actually, as they won't start with 0)

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andy (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Prophet Posts: 2,128 Join Date: 10 Dec 2004 Country:	01-04-2006, 00:15 However, it did prompt me into noticing Japan on the list, which I know DRN and one or two others are interested in. I just checked the rates on the CallKey site - US$ 0.1854 + vat for outgoing, free incoming. Sorry about that - I should have looked before

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andy (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Prophet Posts: 2,128 Join Date: 10 Dec 2004 Country:	01-04-2006, 00:53 Unfortunately CallKey only show the tariffs on secure pages when logged in to the account. The SIM is only shown on their ordinary site as a forthcoming product 0044 don't have Japan shown on their site yet http://www.0044.co.uk/callcalculator/calcu...?Action=compute And Geodesa's offshoot site doesn't have enough tariff info yet either, but says it may be updated ... http://www.globalsimcard.co.uk/save.htm I'll phone CallKey, or you could - both UK and US numbers http://www.callkey.com/contactus.htm

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andy (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Prophet Posts: 2,128 Join Date: 10 Dec 2004 Country:	01-04-2006, 00:56 And seeing as this thread is about comparing SIMs, as the OP said, I'll point out that the Talafone and X-fone products both appear to be CallKey rebrands but at substantially higher tariffs, and also higher than UM so this discussion isn't quite as off-topic as it might be