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466348 PostPosted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 2:09 pm Thank this member for this postReply with quote
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go-sim come out more expensive.
No idea how this looks Smile

Based on 5 x 2min calls a month in Europe and 20 texts

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£8.00 £10.00 £4.00 £0.25 £0.00 £0.39 £10.30 £61.80 £55.80
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£19.99 £6.50 £3.50 £0.25 £0.20 £0.25 £8.50 £51.00 £60.99
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£39.99 £35.00 £0.00 £0.26 £0.00 £0.20 £6.60 £39.60 £44.59
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£29.99 £5.00 £0.00 £0.30 £0.00 £0.27 £8.40 £50.40 £75.39

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UK or Channel Islands?
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wilse wrote:
the other point worth mentioning about united mobile... is that you get a UK mobile number.

when family members etc call you, if they have inclusive minutes on their mobile plan then they don't pay to call you.

I looked at some other sims but they have lines in Lichenstein or Estonia... this means expensive calls for people calling you.

Wilse

PS I bought a MY CHERRY mobile sim, what arrived was United Mobile!


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said that the UM/Cherry number is actually a Channel Islands number and so will not be included in most people's inclusive minutes (and it may also be more expensive to call from a BT landline).

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For completeness Smile

There seems to be duplicate threads - this one and one resurected from old.

As mentioned above, for me and my use, the goglobalsim SIM is the best value. However...

annwhite wrote:
The cheapest UK SIM to use abroad is Go Global but you can but you can buy the SIM cheaper by going though
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this will give you £5 discount
It is FREE to receive calls in the EUROPE and up to a total of 90 countries plus the making of calls is much cheaper have a look at the rate calculator on the site


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so grab a bargain!!

The number provided is from an IoM mobile - 07872 26xxxx

I've looked around and this does not seem to be an overinflated number to call - it seems to be treated as a normal mobile. If you know different please shout.

Else I'm gonna buy one Smile (well two!)

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Hi we have sim 4 travel, Jane put a post on here back in May, we got it through the money saving expert we paid £15 and got £20 credit, we are very pleased with it jane still uses it at home, because we are with O2 and the signal is not very good so it diverts to sim 4 travel in her other phone. Thanks Bob.

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DocHoliday wrote:
wilse wrote:
the other point worth mentioning about united mobile... is that you get a UK mobile number.

when family members etc call you, if they have inclusive minutes on their mobile plan then they don't pay to call you.

I looked at some other sims but they have lines in Lichenstein or Estonia... this means expensive calls for people calling you.

Wilse

PS I bought a MY CHERRY mobile sim, what arrived was United Mobile!


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Yes I think you my be correct about the channel island number although your mobile number is treated as UK mobile, so incurring no cost. As with most things, it's expensive to call mobiles from a landline, you can use
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Very true!

I've summarised my findings HERE
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which also has my "quick and dirty" spreadsheet for working out the cheapest SIM to use. This page also has a link to £5 discount of GGS.

Please note the spreadsheet assumes mainly Europe - so if you are going to other places check tariffs first and modify accordingly. Hope you find this useful

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Excellent page full of tips, ActiveCampers! Very Happy

What type of mobile do you need to be able to run Skype on it? Never thought of that!

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DocHoliday wrote:
Excellent page full of tips, ActiveCampers!