[OT] Prepaid mobile plans with data, possibly roaming

Nuno Jesus nunjesus at gmail.com
Tue Aug 21 15:48:58 BST 2012


I'm also going to London very soon and I was thinking to order a giffgaff
SIM card. They seem to have the best prices. Am I missing something?

On Monday, August 20, 2012, David Hodgkinson wrote:

> What they said. 3. All the cool kids in the Apple stores buy their
> iPhones outright and use 3.
>
>
> On 20 Aug 2012, at 15:42, Toby Wintermute <tjc at wintrmute.net<javascript:;>>
> wrote:
>
> > Hello all,
> > I'm making a whirlwind visit to London and bits of Europe soon,
> > although with awfully poor timing, just missing YAPC:EU :(
> > Hopefully I'll manage to run into a few of you while I'm in London
> though.
> >
> > The last time I visited, I picked up an Orange SIM that had "Unlimited
> > data" on the plan.. only to discover they meant "unlimited, but at
> > <5kb/sec".
> >
> > So this time around I thought I should get some local knowledge. Can
> > you suggest a mobile carrier who has:
> > * 3G support for prepaid SIMs
> > * Has reasonably priced data plans
> > * For bonus points -- will work while roaming in Germany. Although I
> > suspect I'll just have to buy yet another SIM over there..
> >
> > Alternatively.. I'd be happy to just get a data-only SIM and use Skype
> > or similar the whole time.
> > I hope this isn't too off-topic!
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Toby
> >
> > --
> > Turning and turning in the widening gyre
> > The falcon cannot hear the falconer
> > Things fall apart; the center cannot hold
> > Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world
>
>

-- 
Nuno Jesus


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