sim cards overseas

[jadeqld1123]

ladies & gents. i need some advise about purchasing and using a sim card in the UK. i'm told it is cheaper to ring Oz from o'seas country's if i purchase a sim card from the country we are visiting. any info would be greatly appreciated

regards

jadeqld

[samh004]

Paging drewbles to this thread!

[Ewing]

Just get a simple calling SIM from ekit/Telestial. They come with a UK and US phone number so you can get it all organised before you go.

We purchased 3 last year for a trip to the US. It saved us a bundle for calling back home and also for calling each other.

On that note, I assume drewbles will find this thread soon so I'll add a question - do you know if you have micro sims coming?

-Shaun

[kingzac]

I bought an 02 prepaid SIM over there last year, when you activate it tell them you want the international calling and you get so many free minutes worth of calls to Aus with each recharge.

100 free extra minutes with each 15gbp recharge according to the site: International - O2

Full info: http://www.o2.co.uk/yourcountry

[simongr]

If we are making requests for sim cards - any thoughts on sim cards and micro sims (for the ipad) in India?

[jadeqld1123]

Just get a simple calling SIM from ekit/Telestial. They come with a UK and US phone number so you can get it all organised before you go.

We purchased 3 last year for a trip to the US. It saved us a bundle for calling back home and also for calling each other.

On that note, I assume drewbles will find this thread soon so I'll add a question - do you know if you have micro sims coming?

-Shaun

shaun thanks very much

jadeqld

[drewbles]

Just get a simple calling SIM from ekit/Telestial. They come with a UK and US phone number so you can get it all organised before you go.

We purchased 3 last year for a trip to the US. It saved us a bundle for calling back home and also for calling each other.

On that note, I assume drewbles will find this thread soon so I'll add a question - do you know if you have micro sims coming?

-Shaun

Sorry about my absence (Have been flying around a bit the last few days and only just got back on my feet here in the LOTFAP )

Micro SIM's have been ordered. We have only ordered a small batch of them, as iPhone 4 owners are still a very small number of our overall orders, but they're coming (and i've personally cut up a few for customers to send out using my trusty SIM slicer I bought online).

I'm biased so i'll always recommend our own product of course (to the point the competitors product on QF In flight Duty Free had sold out so I voiced up to the CSM who started pushing our product to pax instead and told them which airports here in the US they could buy them at!).

Check out Communication & Internet here for more info on SIM cards. I won't spam here with our product, but it's a safe bet to say I know a lot about the product that Ewing has mentioned (in fact, i'm in the LOTFAP for something related to it )

[Joshua]

One thing that could be mentioned for the UK in particular is customers of 'Three' in Australia have very low cost roaming in a few countries including the UK. Last used it a couple years ago I used it in HK and found it quite cost effective. Of course it will differ dependent on call usage and how long you're visiting for.

Link: 3 like Home

Not a well advertised feature and rates are no longer as great they were earlier in the decade but if you're not calling much and want the great convenience of keeping your regular number then it's worth a shout.

[drewbles]

One thing that could be mentioned for the UK in particular is customers of 'Three' in Australia have very low cost roaming in a few countries including the UK. Last used it a couple years ago I used it in HK and found it quite cost effective. Of course it will differ dependent on call usage and how long you're visiting for.

Link: 3 like Home

Not a well advertised feature and rates are no longer as great they were earlier in the decade but if you're not calling much and want the great convenience of keeping your regular number then it's worth a shout.

Be very careful with this one. Calls cost the same price as your rate but are not included in your cap, and most caps are around $0.40-0.60AUD per 30 seconds, plus a flag fall. This is how they let you use '$600 value for $30' type arrangement. Your calls are very expensive, but you get a lot of allowance.

The 3 like home will charge any calls you make at these rates in addition to your cap. It's convenient, but you'll often still fork out a lot more than you do using a 3rd party SIM provider that can provide you with global coverage, multiple numbers, and ways for people to call you without them incurring long distance charges.

[simongr]

Re 3 from home - I used it a lot in London/HKG for incoming calls - a great service. Just wish they had some similar data bundles

Just ordered a sim cutter myself ($20 on ebay - probably could find cheaper but $20 is pretty much nothing really) to see if I can get connected in India...