Post: #1

What is the best source for international travel communications?

Some of us buy pre-paid SIMs/cellphones for use in the country of residence. Many of us use Skype. Some of us use an unlocked phone abroad and another for US domestic coms.

A new source has come to my attention which eliminates the need to buy SIMs or dual phones - if you like their pricing enough - Simple Mobile.

Simple Mobile offers a $13 SIM to use with an unlocked phone or tablet device. The several plans for US are more or less $40/month.
http://dev.mysimplemobile.com/Simple-Mobile-Shop.aspx
(These include 250MB data per month.)

Attractive for travelers to the US, they offer a two week SIM plan for only $25.

Simple Mobile uses T-Mobile network in the US.

There are two international plans. First, you can have unlimited provided you use 10 or fewer numbers for $10/month. (An additional $10/month for 11 or more numbers, up to 20 I think.)

The second charges on a reasonable per minute basis. Check it out here:

"INTERNATIONAL LONG DISTANCE
How does SIMPLE Mobile ILD work?
1. Purchase a $10 Simple Mobile International long distance PIN.
2. Choose one of our regional access numbers and save it as a speed dial to your phone.
3. Every time you place an International call, just dial the access number. You will hear a welcome greeting and your account balance. Then, enter the number you are calling - starting with 011, the country code and then the phone number. It's that Simple!"
http://dev.mysimplemobile.com/Simple-Mob...Rates.aspx

The unlimited US/international plan to 52 countries is only $60/month!

While many other discounters offer international service, how many offer this dual convenience at such a low price? With my new unlocked Samsung Galaxy cell phone, tell me how I'm wrong to go with Simple Mobile?

http://www.simplemobile.com/wps/portal/h...BIS9nQSEh/

Please share your competitive picks - YMMV, indeed!

Post: #2

Way to be a promoter!

Post: #3

(05-21-2013 08:20 PM)Orson Wrote:  What is the best source for international travel communications?

Some of us buy pre-paid SIMs/cellphones for use in the country of residence. Many of us use Skype. Some of us use an unlocked phone abroad and another for US domestic coms.

A new source has come to my attention which eliminates the need to buy SIMs or dual phones - if you like their pricing enough - Simple Mobile.

Simple Mobile offers a $13 SIM to use with an unlocked phone or tablet device. The several plans for US are more or less $40/month.
http://dev.mysimplemobile.com/Simple-Mobile-Shop.aspx
(These include 250MB data per month.)

Attractive for travelers to the US, they offer a two week SIM plan for only $25.

Simple Mobile uses T-Mobile network in the US.

There are two international plans. First, you can have unlimited provided you use 10 or fewer numbers for $10/month. (An additional $10/month for 11 or more numbers, up to 20 I think.)

The second charges on a reasonable per minute basis. Check it out here:

"INTERNATIONAL LONG DISTANCE
How does SIMPLE Mobile ILD work?
1. Purchase a $10 Simple Mobile International long distance PIN.
2. Choose one of our regional access numbers and save it as a speed dial to your phone.
3. Every time you place an International call, just dial the access number. You will hear a welcome greeting and your account balance. Then, enter the number you are calling - starting with 011, the country code and then the phone number. It's that Simple!"
http://dev.mysimplemobile.com/Simple-Mob...Rates.aspx

The unlimited US/international plan to 52 countries is only $60/month!

While many other discounters offer international service, how many offer this dual convenience at such a low price? With my new unlocked Samsung Galaxy cell phone, tell me how I'm wrong to go with Simple Mobile?

http://www.simplemobile.com/wps/portal/h...BIS9nQSEh/

Please share your competitive picks - YMMV, indeed!

Orson , its off topic but i asked that question about D-Cycloserine in your thread
/thread-23542.html and havent got reply. I also pm you. Please reply

Post: #4

Orson , its off topic but i asked that question about D-Cycloserine in your thread
/thread-23542.html and havent got reply. I also pm you. Please reply
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ANSWERED. (Try a look now, starmaze. SORRY.)

Post: #5

(05-26-2013 04:01 AM)Orson Wrote:  Orson , its off topic but i asked that question about D-Cycloserine in your thread
/thread-23542.html and havent got reply. I also pm you. Please reply

ANSWERED. (Try a look now, starmaze. SORRY.)

Post: #6

SO little opinion on this?

Well, Boost and Virgin Mobile "Beyond Talk Unlimited" are offering cheap pre-paid plans with Samsung Galaxy S3 smartphones THIS JUNE.
http://www.virginmobileusa.com/shop/cell...ures/#plan

(Sprint is the operator here.) Foreign rates are usually 25cents/minute for cell phones abroad (but up to 70cents).
This is affordable for me for roaming Europe; then I can switch to a local prepaid SIM for settling in for weeks/months.

Also T-mobile is doing this premium smartphone in June (plan detail not yet announced). The latter is especially friendly on SIM-card users.

The whole point of this is to avoiding going the two-phone route - one for the US, another for travelling and living abroad. THAT'S what I want. And cheap!

No real opinions?

PS SIMple mobile gets a bad review here (and the video critique is TOO simplitic)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjvvMHADHVw
Read comments to see that they are too arbitrary about
their "unlimited" user limitations:

Quote:"They do the same crap to my son. he does not use it as wifi hotspot or tethering.  i thought it was his missuse at first. but it is not. he even stopped playing games on it. watched one u tube video. less than one week inti new plan. they shut him off. "

THIS got me searching for better plan for now.

Post: #7

The ideal plan for me is if I can get a local phone number of that country I am in. Like if I can get 10 local phone numbers for 10 different countries that's the only way I see it being worthwhile, because girls from that country generally won't reply to texts from non-local phone numbers cause it'll cost more. They also won't call that number either. Too complicated for them. You got to make it as easy for them as possible and not make it appear like you're a tourist.

If there's a plan like that I'd like to know.

(05-28-2013 11:21 PM)Orson Wrote:  SO little opinion on this?

Well, Boost and Virgin Mobile "Beyond Talk Unlimited" are offering cheap pre-paid plans with Samsung Galaxy S3 smartphones THIS JUNE.
http://www.virginmobileusa.com/shop/cell...ures/#plan

(Sprint is the operator here.) Foreign rates are usually 25cents/minute for cell phones abroad (but up to 70cents).
This is affordable for me for roaming Europe; then I can switch to a local prepaid SIM for settling in for weeks/months.

Also T-mobile is doing this premium smartphone in June (plan detail not yet announced). The latter is especially friendly on SIM-card users.

The whole point of this is to avoiding going the two-phone route - one for the US, another for travelling and living abroad. THAT'S what I want. And cheap!

No real opinions?

PS SIMple mobile gets a bad review here (and the video critique is TOO simplitic)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjvvMHADHVw
Read comments to see that they are too arbitrary about
their "unlimited" user limitations:

Quote:"They do the same crap to my son. he does not use it as wifi hotspot or tethering.  i thought it was his missuse at first. but it is not. he even stopped playing games on it. watched one u tube video. less than one week inti new plan. they shut him off. "

THIS got me searching for better plan for now.