While this site started with an FAQ about the Speak Out Wireless service in general, I notice a lot of general pay as you go, cell phone, GSM / SIM card questions.

Generous and knowledgeable contributors such as Bylo, Big Ang, and others, tirelessly answer the same questions repeatedly. I'd like to make the best use of their efforts as possible and develop a general FAQ based on all of their answers. To do that, I'll need your help.

Whenever you come across a thread that answers basic cell phone questions (there is nothing wrong with such questions, by the way), post a link to it in this thread. I'll work to compile a general paygo / GSM cell phone FAQ from those threads. An example of such a thread is this one:

http://www.speakoutwireless.ca…..than-7-11s

Thanks everybody!

Here’s a questions I got via e-mail:

If, when in the States, I swap out the PetroCanada SIM card for a local card, will my PC still be active i.e. take voice messages that I could then check from the States?

Yes, people can still call your Petro Canada number and leave voice mail messages when your phone is off or when your SIM card isn’t even in a phone. You can then call your own number to “sign in” to voice mail.

Another good one:

http://www.speakoutwireless.ca…..paid-on-so