Comments on: Have you got your MAXroam SIM yet?

By: Ewan

Ewan — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:25:37 +0000

John, absolutely ridiculous. There’s a clear ‘chip’ being excised in those over dramatic posts by Pogue. I’ve broken bread with the founder Pat Phelan (and colleague Sean O’Mahony many times) and rate both very, very highly — which is why I’ve been a huge supporter and why I wholeheartedly agreed to accept advertising from them here at SMS Text News. I put my personal integrity right there on the line when I recommend a product or service and I’m fully confident in doing so with MAXroam — I’ve been using the service since the day they launched in multiple countries successfully and without issue. They’re well funded and the management team are some of the most competent, enthusiastic and friendly people you could hope to meet in the industry.

To John Burton’s point, it’s certainly worth checking the exact rates as sometimes your existing operator will offer cheaper ones than MAXroam is able to do so.

By: John

John — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 15:54:51 +0000

They seem fairly dodgy.

http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/10/04/setting-the-record-straight-on-cubic-telecoms-international-rates/
http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/10/06/cubic-telecom-kerfluffle-the-final-chapter/

By: John Burton

John Burton — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 15:38:13 +0000

I thought about this when I went to the Czech republicbut it turned out that just using my phone’s normal roaming was noticably cheaper. Just be careful!

By: Dan Ilett

Dan Ilett — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 10:06:11 +0000

And that’s ORANGE who charge such stupid prices. I can’t wait for my contract to come to an end.

MAXroam, I’ll be in touch. AwayPhone does something similar as well I think. And it’s run by a woman with the coolest name – Sherry Madera…