Talk:Euro4/@comment-26415680-20150519195019/@comment-26415680-20150519223719

@Wolfbln: thanks for your reply.

I suspect the 2..3 days activation could be a result of some kind of one time technical issue combined with the fact it was a "good Friday" so there was no-one to fix and/or notice it, but then again, thats just an optimistic hope.

Thanks for the "Stand: ***" explanation, i don't speak any German, while Google Translate has been notoriously bad and this kind of notes (my native language is Russian, i speak fluent Hebrew, my English should probably be considered "ok", but no German, sorry).

Billing in 10kbyte increments is anything BUT fair. What level is it counted at? IP packets level? Session level? Think about it, if thats on IP packets level, every little whatsapp message would count as 10kbytes!!! And yes, this can totally explain it, even without frequent reconnects. Just a single app connect, without transferring any data, would take 30kb if you count it this way (SYN, SYN-ACK, ACK). So this kinda opens a question "what 10kb increments REALLY means?".

Yes, i am 100% sure 30 days has passed after the first Cross activation. In fact, in 6 days there will be, more or less, 30 days after the time i bought the 500mb extension, but not the Cross itself. Maybe the extension validity is 30 days as well, independent on Cross dates, but requires a Cross plan to be active, that would explain it. Since i'll be using the SIM in just 3 days, i'll try and take note if this old extension pack credit is actually being used or if its just a "display bug" or something. I am NOT on the old Cross pack by any means, it has been inactive until i've added credit, saying something like "deactivated due to the lack of funds". Hopefully adding credit + automatic reactivation is, indeed, valid till 18/06 as stated by SMS, that would be more than enough for the Sweden trip now :-)

Yea, the Euro1 does look attractive, but i don't have that card. I'll keep it in mind if i happen to visit Spain and have a chance to acquire it.

Just a side note, the best local (Israel) roaming plans in Europe offer 140 shekels (€32) for 1gb, which isn't that bad and starting to be comparable with Ortel Cross, but that only includes data, with voice staying at astonishingly high 9.90 shekels (€2.30) per minute. The best 100mb/day and alike plans here cost 30 shekels (€7) a shot and are irrelevant for any kind of trips. If this situation ever changes, i'll probably open a page about those SIM cards here, on this wiki :-)