T-Mobile UK Multi-Sim - for business customers only

I called T-Mobile today to discuss Multi-Sim.

Gosh.

It’s actually quite complex.

Here’s the concept: You have, let’s say, three phone numbers on your T-Mobile account.

You nominate one of the phone numbers to be a master.

If you make a call from any device, the master number is used. So that I could call you from my N93, or my E61, and you’d still see ‘Ewan calling’ on your phone. Neat.

Likewise, if you call me, I *gather* (though I didn’t specifically confirm this) that all phones will ring. I didn’t confirm this because I was too busy trying to understand how things worked if I sent a text message from one of my handsets.

So. Let’s be clear:

E61 – Master
N93 – Slave
K800 – Slave
N73 – Slave

Right?

So each of these phones has to have its own price plan. That’s a total arse. They have to each have a separate number on your account.

Then you apply the ‘Multi Sim’ option which means that any calls you make — e.g. from the N73, will appear to come from your master number.

Send a text message from the N73, and that uses the N73’s own number as the originator. Arse.

THEN you need to convert your account to a business account. That’s an arse in itself.

In summary, Multi Sim is not what I wanted.

I wanted four or five sim cards, each tied to ONE account. So when I call, text, or whatever, from whatever device, you know it’s from me. And that when you REPLY I get the text message on every device. Or something.

Yeah, it’s an arse. Total arse.

Someone’s going to have to fix this properly, at some point.

So Multi Sim from T-Mobile is a cool service for a particular subset of persons. Not me, alas.