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nmenaker Apr 13, 2017 11:46 am


Originally Posted by jason8612 (Post 28173649)
or take it to a local cell shop. they probably got a cutter there.

most will certainly, but i'll add that for example t-mobile stores won't cut anything that isn't THEIR sim.. they simply don't want to take the responsibility for messing it up somehow and aren't setup to get a liability waiver..

so, YMMV for sure.

Trust me, it's EASY! We all learned to cut along the lines in like grade school, right?

Silver Fox Apr 13, 2017 1:38 pm

Well I decided to buy a cheap Chinese cutter and just cut the SIM using that. Amazingly I am able to ring myself on it, I have not tried texts/data but at least people will be able to ring me!

ajGoes Apr 13, 2017 3:16 pm

If you're in the States, make sure your phone is "locked" to the right carrier before using any minutes or texting. Choose the USA profile in the Toggle Options SIM menu, and verify the network shows as "toggle". The SIM is supposed to do this automatically. It worked for me in Europe but I found it to be unreliable in the States.

nmenaker Apr 13, 2017 3:17 pm

good job.. I continue to really like the benefits of this SIM. I just sent the phone to my sis who was in Spain and Germany for a few weeks. I put on 1GB for 25$ for her, and with the USA number anyone in the USA (she actually just forwarded her USA number to the toggle USA number) and all calls went there, seamlessly and without any cost. What I found new (maybe it was there before) but even calls to the UK number for VM pickup, were free.

She didn't come close to using the 1GB I put on the phone and it meant she had a spanish number to give her friends in country for coordination for pickup, calling for reservations, everything and one didn't have to do anything new (get sim, give credentials, etc.) I did similar last fall for nephew, he was in UK, Switz, France, Spain, Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, and I simply managed getting him numbers when he was going to travel (done easily on my phone when I was out and about) and it was the same experience.

So, from a features for this type of travel it really can't be beat.

Bummer was Austria isn't included, which is odd.. coming up soon, Vodaphone with their 40 countries free roaming MAY provide a better option, but having the USA number on the device and being able to text someone and have them call me ANYWHERE (not having to have wifi for VOIP callings) is pretty priceless.

Silver Fox Apr 13, 2017 3:38 pm

You might want to look at Three Feel at Home instead of Vodafone who are only jumping the EU free roaming gun. But that will not solve the USA number issue.

And yes, the supposed automatic roaming of toggle has never worked for me in a country where I am able to explicitly select it in the list of countries in the SIM toolkit. Odd.

nmenaker Apr 13, 2017 3:59 pm


Originally Posted by Silver Fox (Post 28175018)
And yes, the supposed automatic roaming of toggle has never worked for me in a country where I am able to explicitly select it in the list of countries in the SIM toolkit. Odd.

for 2 out of 3 countries, I have to run the little SIM app to get country specific data working. TEXTS and phone calls have always worked where I have a valid number setup, but the data needs this setup. It's a fairly easy step to complete, I've even had my 86 YO PIL do it when in country just with a short punch list of steps. works fine usually. no manual entry required, at least not on iphone.

Roger Apr 14, 2017 3:31 am


Originally Posted by Roger (Post 27759375)
I've found some unannounced price 'enhancements'. Examples using local numbers: UK>UK and Swiss>UK voice calls are now 7p/minute - but UK>Swiss and Swiss>Swiss landlines are still 3p/minute.

Not quite sure why, possibly because roaming within EU/EEA is about to become surcharge-free:

I checked this morning:
UK>UK voice calls now 3p/min for landline and mobile
Swiss>UK 3p/min for landline and mobile
UK>Swiss landlines 3p/min, 9p/min mobile
Swiss>Swiss landlines 3p/min 9p mobile

Not a comprehensive review, just the ones I use most.

Silver Fox Apr 14, 2017 3:34 am


Originally Posted by Roger (Post 28177144)
Not quite sure why, possibly because roaming within EU/EEA is about to become surcharge-free:

I checked this morning:
UK>UK voice calls now 3p/min for landline and mobile
Swiss>UK 3p/min for landline and mobile
UK>Swiss landlines 3p/min, 9p/min mobile
Swiss>Swiss landlines 3p/min 9p mobile

Not a comprehensive review, just the ones I use most.

Did you check that on your statement or on the website? I know that when I have checked in the past the two are usually different.

ajGoes Apr 14, 2017 6:33 am

Every 120 days when I use my Toggle SIMs to keep the accounts alive, I receive texts telling me how much calls and texts will cost from the USA. The numbers are always wrong.

Roger Apr 14, 2017 8:49 am


Originally Posted by Silver Fox (Post 28177147)
Did you check that on your statement or on the website?

Website. i have no recent GB or CH calls so none are on my statement.

nmenaker May 30, 2017 2:00 pm

Does anyone know what will happen with toggle pricing once European data roaming laws and pricing change this June 2017?

TAHKUCT May 30, 2017 2:05 pm


Originally Posted by nmenaker (Post 28379677)
Does anyone know what will happen with toggle pricing once European data roaming laws and pricing change this June 2017?

Good question! Also would love to know

ajGoes May 30, 2017 2:08 pm

I occasionally have a look at Toggle's site to see if they've changed anything. I think it's been three years or more since they've updated it.

Silver Fox Jun 2, 2017 1:20 am

My assumption is that they will charge UK-UK rates. I am waiting for someone to answer their chat now (it says they are online but this is toggle we are talking about). But I am not holding my breath on anyone answering or being able to provide an answer when they do.

nmenaker Jun 24, 2017 7:30 pm

Well it seems as if the EU you roaming agreements may have broken toggle completely. The roaming data packages are no longer showing up on their website and there is a note at the bottom of their regular U.K. Rates page that says that you can roam And simply pay you as you go pay rates for calls text and data, with no additional charges. Whatever that means. It seems that one will be paying pay as you go usage charges for things like data, which are usurious.

So of that is the way it's,going to be for me at least it is pretty useless.


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