MAXroam Launched
September 27th, 2007
MAXroam has launched today - congrats to Pat and Cubic Telecom.
I have seen other travel SIM services. Why is MAXroam better?
The common method for all “alternative roaming” SIM’s is to originate their service in somewhere like Latvia, Estonia or Liechtenstein, or via a UK-based toll-free phone number. This approach doesn’t work very well. We know because our first product “Roam4Free” used this method.
The problem is that people have to call a strange country code just to call you. It just isn’t intuitive and it isn’t user-friendly. With MAXroam we have made the service work as you would expect plus we’ve added a lot of new features that you will have never seen before.
Looks like a very useful product. A nice feature is that you can add up to 50 different phone numbers on the one SIM card. Only downside for me is the minor hassle of having to unlock my old phone and set this up. I would never admit this, but I’d sooner pay €150 to get the MAXroam SIM bundled with a new phone.
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September 27th, 2007 at 19:35 pm
Maxroam went live…
Cubic Telecom’s Maxroam went live today and I really like the prices for this international SIM card. Making a call to wherever in the world costs 0.35 if you are in Germany. There is no difference between countries. The entire world costs the 0.3…
October 4th, 2007 at 14:31 pm
3 Ireland’s roaming rates are almost identical in most cases to this product. I’m going to stick with that. Much less hassle.
October 5th, 2007 at 0:20 am
That is pretty cheap… although it is EU only. How do the rates compare when in the US or Asia?
October 5th, 2007 at 9:24 am
Probably not as good. Maybe I could use one if I was traveling in the US but thankfully the majority of my trips are to Europe.
Heard the MAXroam guy on Matt Cooper last night, he didn’t sell it too well to be honest.
October 23rd, 2007 at 8:47 am
Thanks James for the mention, we now help you to unlock phone, try the link from site
October 23rd, 2007 at 15:04 pm
No prob Pat… disappointing to see that those guys can’t unlock my Nokia 6280 though!