Have you got your MAXroam SIM yet?

I was chatting yesterday with Dan from Green news site, Greenbang.com about bill shock. He was recently over in San Francisco for a few days and we caught up. Once or twice I had to call him to arrange where meet and so on. I was calling him on my USA mobile. Since he was only in America for a few days, he didn’t bother to do the standard thing — that is, buy a local SIM card. Why not? Well, it’s a hassle, right?

That decision cost Dan a whopping 270 quid when he got home.

Talk about bill shock. He didn’t use his phone that much. When he did get a call, he was brief — as he knew he was on international silly rats.

If you’re like Dan and you travel a lot — definitely, definitely go and get yourself a MAXroam SIM. Not only are they an SMS Text News sponsor but you will never, ever be without service, provided you’re in a country that has GSM cellular capability — because you can use it in nearly every single country on the planet. The rates are generally far below normal operator roaming charges and you get that warm fuzzy feeling of comfort (that I rejoice in) knowing that just in case your home operator has screwed up, you’ll always be connected with your MAXroam SIM.

A MAXroam SIM is yours for €29.99 inclusive of €5 initial call credit. All managed online and backed by a wickedly friendly, enthusiastic and capable management team.

My favourite feature of the MAXroam service (apart from always-being-connected wherever I am) is this:

When you first sign up you can choose a phone number for your SIM in the USA, France, UK, Poland, Italy, Sweden or Ireland free of charge. You can add as many as 50 numbers (additional numbers start from EUR2 per month) to your SIM from any of the following countries.

I’m about to go and configure all my local numbers.