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![]() I ordered one of these under the United Mobile replacement program. No risk there. My only hesitation about adding funds is that the funds apparently expire after 10 months and the minimum recharge amount is $25. After two years, the number itself is lost. If you don't travel that much, you could be leaving a lot of money on the table just to keep the card active.
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If your balance does expire, you can always add funds later when you are ready to travel. The phone number and SIM itself will never expire as long as you make or receive at least one call every two years. If you don't plan on traveling for the next 2 years, just call yourself once before it expires to get a new 2 year window. |
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![]() Thanks for the clarification. However, you can't make that call to yourself if the balance has expired, so in practice, the card will cost $25 every two years whether you use it or not. That's not a huge amount, but it does need to be taken into account when comparing offers or computing cost per minute.
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![]() Is there a requirement that a certain percentage of calls be incoming or outgoing? I could see using your card for outgoing calls in many countries (next trip is to Brazil, Argentina, Uraguay). I would never make use of an Estonian based service for incoming - but your outgoing rates are low comparatively speaking.
Thanks. A/o Oct 20, 2013 no need for intl prepaid as T-Mobile U.S. includes voice roaming at 20¢/min (in and out)., unlimited text (in and out), and unlimited data in 140+ countries. My Plan -[6 lines] U.S. T-Mobile unlimited minutes (incoming and outgoing), unlimited text, fast data on each line. that $145/mo. total! . (In U.S. no surcharge for calling a cell.) If a line exceeds 2G of data in a month, pay $10 more for that line. [That only happens a couple times/year. |
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Keep in mind that your callers do not need to dial an Estonian number to reach you, they can dial through one of our common local, toll-free or international access numbers, or you can order a personal second number (US/Canada/UK). It's 29c/min extra to receive a call through any of these numbers, except for the UK number which is only a 25c connection charge per call. All rates can be viewed online at http://www.onesimcard.com/cell-phone-rates/ |
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International Cell Phone Service Rates - OneSimCard Am I reading it correctly? |
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I noticed one other error, however. When you hold your cursor over the "Please select a country" drop-down menu, the explanatory text still says the surcharge is 35c. |
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![]() I'd be surprised if that UK number was a mobile number as described; perhaps it's a personal number, costing rather more to call it than to mobiles
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