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Join Date: 04 Feb 2004
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19-02-2004, 17:53
I am interested in a HopMobile sim card. If I buy it from Europe I'll pay 60 Euros for the card (55 + 5 of shipping costs).
Do you think it's a good price? Note that since the card will be sent from France I'll pay no taxes on it... <span style='colorrange'>Brizio GSM phones: T68i - T100 - T65 - T28s PrePaid sims: Vodafone Omnitel - TIM - Wind - Virgin Mobile UK - O2 UK - T-Mobile UK - Tesco Mobile UK - Sunrise CH - Cosmote GR - Orange Itineris FR Obsolete PrePaid sims: Blu - Mint Telecom - Swisscom </span>EasyRoam - Vodafone Airtel ES</span> |
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The great Dictator!
Prepaid Prophet
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Join Date: 13 Jan 2004
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21-02-2004, 15:52
The Hop Abroad sim card has good tariffs, expecially for us Euripeans since now US$ is much weaker than Euro. The problem is the high activation cost! If you plan to use it quite a lot it's a good deal, otherwise, probably, United Mobile is cheaper...
Deceased Prepaids: CZ: Oskar, Eurotel; SK: Orange; DE: E-Plus, Aldi, Simyo; GE: Geocell; AM: Armentel; PL: Heyah, Plus; LT: Tele2; LV: Amigo; EE: Elisa; UA: Kyivstar; NZ: Vodafone; INT: UM, UM+, ICQSim. GSM/3G Phones: Nokia Lumia 630 dual sim |
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Prepaid Professionist
Posts: 1,465
Join Date: 27 Feb 2004
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23-09-2006, 02:55
I've been looking at the international prepaids and considering HOP as a complement to UM. In places like the US & India, where UM is expensive, HOP would at least be reasonable, particularly for incoming calls. I was hoping that Yackie would fill that role but it seems that isn't going to happen any time soon. Does someone have a better plan?
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25-09-2006, 18:57
One reason I like Hop is the per-second billing, online access to your account, and the flat rates (.90 out, .35 in) everywhere, no "zones" to remember. The CS is pretty non-existent. Wish they had voicemail.
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25-09-2006, 19:10
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Downsides are also: crazy rates to satphones $6/min and, what is much more important, non-functioning SMS receiving/sending....And many countries missing in the coverage, even in Europe... |
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25-09-2006, 20:40
I've had Hop for quite a while and agree that it's now a good backup to UM. I really miss SMS and voicemail (so I don't give out the number), and in Europe the rates are not great, but they are reliable for voice calls in a lot of places.
Next month I'll give them a test in Europe, where UM would be cheaper but I have a large Hop credit to burn off so I expect I'll be using them more than usual. |
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Prepaid Guru
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26-09-2006, 10:26
What is the chepeast rates tht people have found for calling Hop?
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Prepaid Pioneer
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26-09-2006, 12:36
It depends from which country.
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Senior Member
Prepaid Guru
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27-09-2006, 06:02
In this age of VOIP, the country does not mean that much. I'm running an Asterisks box. On it, I have accounts connected to the US, UK, and France. I have DIDs connected to it coming from the US, UK, Germany, and China (don't ask). I have unlimited calling into most landlines in the US, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Italy, Israel, Hong Kong, China, Japan, Singapore, and many others. As my handle indicates, I am not in any of these countries.
For many of these issues, where you are doesn't really matter. In a way, that is the central purpose of this forum. To make cheap trans-national communication a reality for the masses. |
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Senior Member
Prepaid Pioneer
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27-09-2006, 07:03
Ok then.
One cheap option is to dial via a uk 0844 number. This call costs 4p/min if called within the UK. The number is 08443992473. I have not tried it myself and cannot say anything about the quality. If you have a cheap solution (at least at rates similar to BT) from dialing these numbers from outside the UK (besides voipfone) please let me know. |
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