United Mobile (was Riiing) want to change my SIM??

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Lobster - 26 Jul 2007 17:18 GMT

Anyone know anything about this?

I have an old Riiing SIM card for international use, which I have only
rarely used (think it has a Liechenstein number?) Riiing were taken
over by United Mobile some time ago, and I've just received the
following 'offer' from them by email:

"Replace your existing SIM card with the NEW United Mobile+ SIM

The advantage of the United Mobile+ SIM card:

>From 0,29 EUR/minute calling worldwide and save up to 25%

Incoming calls in over 80 countries for free
Attractive prefix +44 (UK)
Globale Coverage
Data Service in Q4 2007 avaliable

Replacement and shipping FREE of charge until 31st of July 2007!"

AFAICS this looks really good, mainly in that it gives me a UK number
which callers in the UK could use to reach me in the UK without either
party being clobbered by roaming/international charges.

However, being a born cynic I'm looking for the gotcha... before I
give up my old Riiing SIM card, can anyone else who's maybe in the
same situation spot one?!!

Cheers
David

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www.experimentalist.mobi - 26 Jul 2007 21:11 GMT

> Anyone know anything about this?
>
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> Cheers
> David

Depens on what sort UK number it is. Thay make money on the calls not the
sim so its in there interest to give you a new sim :)

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Lobster - 26 Jul 2007 23:06 GMT

On Jul 26, 1:11 pm, "www.experimentalist.mobi"
<webmaster@(REMOVE)goldno.com> wrote:

> > Anyone know anything about this?
>
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> > give up my old Riiing SIM card, can anyone else who's maybe in the
> > same situation spot one?!!

> Depens on what sort UK number it is. Thay make money on the calls not the
> sim so its in there interest to give you a new sim :)

Mm, that's a very good point. Just checked their FAQ at http://www.united-mobile.com
and from what it says below, it seems to be standard UK mobile
number. So still looking for the gotcha! On the face of it, this
does seem far better than the old Riiing number, as I always found
people to be understandably reluctant to call me on an international
number:

Q: How much does it cost for people to call me on my United Mobile
number?
A: The costs for calls to your United Mobile number depend on the
provider of the caller. For acccurate information contact the provider
and ask for the rates to call a mobile number from Jersey/Great
Britian

Thanks
David

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Jono - 26 Jul 2007 21:17 GMT

Lobster brought next idea :

> Anyone know anything about this?
>
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> Cheers
> David

Perhaps the "Attractive prefix +44 (UK)" will provide you with an Isle
of Man number? AFAIK, these are often excluded from x-net minutes. I
could, of course, be talking out of my hat!

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AntiSpamBloke - 27 Jul 2007 14:03 GMT

> Lobster brought next idea :
>> Anyone know anything about this?
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> Man number? AFAIK, these are often excluded from x-net minutes. I could,
> of course, be talking out of my hat!

I asked, the other day, if 07624 (IoM) Truphone numbers are inclusive, and
got FA response.

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mrcamp - 26 Jul 2007 23:11 GMT

You do not have to change to the new sim if you do not want to.
changed mine right away once I received that email though. It's jus
that a lot of carriers either block you from reaching that +42
Liechenstein number or charge a lot to call that number. So, to me thi
is a better option since it has a Jersey/UK number.

It's being discussed at length here.

http://www.prepaidgsm.net/forum/showthread.php?t=239

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mrcamp

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Lobster - 31 Jul 2007 23:07 GMT

> You do not have to change to the new sim if you do not want to. I
> changed mine right away once I received that email though. It's just
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> http://www.prepaidgsm.net/forum/showthread.php?t=2397

Thanks for that - seems it's a no-brainer to change then... Just tried
to do this on-line as instructed; however I found that as I hadn't
already got an online account I had to set this up - I was advised
they'd send me an SMS with a confirmation code to enter.
Unfortunately, however, I'm away from home without my United Mobile
SIM card, and the deal ends today. BUMMER!

David

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Lobster - 31 Jul 2007 23:31 GMT

BUMMER!

(I'll retract that - just phoned their CS and managed to blag my
activation code over the phone! :-) )

David

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AntiSpamBloke - 27 Jul 2007 14:05 GMT

> Anyone know anything about this?
>
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> Cheers
> David

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weekend.

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