...I just bought a Hopmobile simcard online... very soon a review :)

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>...I just bought a Hopmobile simcard online... very soon a review :)
Will give you my own mini-review, even though you didn't ask for it...
Pros:
Price - cheapest worldwide card. Excellent rate of $.95 outbound and
$.35 inbound EVERYWHERE. No zones with varying prices, no time of day
restrictions- only real "flat rate" worldwide card out there. Also
checking your balance and calls to CS are free of charge.
Performance - On a recent trip to Italy/France/Spain/Austria/Poland,
callbacks worked about 75% of the time, first attempt. This is pretty
damn good. If callbacks are not coming through, switch to another
cellular provider in the area.
Web Access - Can check account balance and divert status online (as
well as on the handset).
Cons:
Customer Service - non-existent and generally unhelpful. Most of the
time, calls to CS result in the message "the phone you're calling may
be switched off". Took me three days to get hold of someone once.
Purchasing issues - If you purchase the card and recharges directly
from Hop Mobile (the most inexpensive way), they only accept
Mastercard. No Visa, no checks or money orders, none of that stuff. If
you purchase from a reseller (Telestial et al.), they are more
flexible with payment methods, but your prices are much higher.
Understandable, but inconvenient nonetheless...
Weak Coverage - No Central / South American coverage. No Brazil, no
Peru, no Venezuela, no Paraguay, no Mexico!! African coverage is
good. Their website promises more countries to be added, but none have
been recently.
Services - no voice mail and no data. SMS supposedly works if your
handset supports SIM Toolkit (only a handful do). Also, no option to
send/receive caller number ID (all calls are "unknown"). United Mobile
offers this for a fee.
AndreA - 06 Apr 2004 00:19 GMT
Il giorno Sun, 04 Apr 2004 01:58:06 -0600, itchyvirus
<staring@my-scabs.com> con una bandiera della rinata Fiorentina in
mano e lo striscione "Meglio liberi all'inferno che schiavi in
paradiso" nell'altra cosi' parlo':
>Will give you my own mini-review
can you post it on www.prepaidgsm.net 's Forum?

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bones boy - 07 Apr 2004 14:32 GMT
>>Will give you my own mini-review
>
>can you post it on www.prepaidgsm.net 's Forum?
Sure. I hadn't intended on it being that long. I'll do it this
weekend.
AndreA - 08 Apr 2004 13:42 GMT
Il giorno Wed, 07 Apr 2004 08:32:42 -0500, bones boy
<staring@my-scabs.com> con una bandiera della rinata Fiorentina in
mano e lo striscione "Meglio liberi all'inferno che schiavi in
paradiso" nell'altra cosi' parlo':
>Sure. I hadn't intended on it being that long. I'll do it this
>weekend.
thanks in advance! So I'll wiat for the translation of my first
feedback... also I posted some pictures (->
http://www.prepaidgsm.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=57)

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