Hot answers tagged data-plans
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This is NZ we're talking about. It's still lagging with a smaller population in terms of technology up-take and bandwidth capacity.
As such, currently, there are no unlimited data plans in NZ for mobile phones (Orcon has introduced them for broadband internet at home). Why? You can read the whole discussion about what might be required for this to happen ...
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Singapore has three mobile phone operators and given the small size of the country, their coverage is fairly similar. Their offerings aren't very differentiated for contract plans, but for pre-pay plans there are some differences.
SingTel has a 'Super Surfer Pack' that offers 1 GB of data for S$7 valid for 7 days.
StarHub offers a mobile data plan that ...
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Almost always. Getting a SIM in European countries shouldn't be too hard, as there's usually an airport kiosk or something of the sort that sells SIM cards. If not, just pop over to your city's local mall or shopping street and there's bound to be a carrier store (Orange, Vodafone, T-Mobile, etc). The rates offered by the local SIMs is usually a tenth or ...
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Finally I got a 3 (http://three.co.uk) SIM for 1 pound and unlimited traffic data for 15 pounds.
You can get a 10 pounds - 500Mb plan too.
All of these things as a prepaid plan and working in less than a minute.
You get a ticket with a code to set your SIM card credit and that's all. Take a look at their plans here.
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There is an important distinction to make between the UMTS/3G USB stick, which is the hardware that allows your computer to connect to a base station, and the contract you have with a mobile network provider to allow you to use their infrastructure, embodied by a SIM card that plugs into the USB stick.
You need both, and they need to be compatible, which ...
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If you buy any SIM card in China, you will have access restrictions.
If you buy a prepaid card in China or Japan, you will not be able to roam data in another country for any reasonable amount of nmoney. The reason is that the vast majority of the customers want to buy a card only for that market.
Ironically, you will have more luck abroad to buy such a ...
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Singapore's mobile internet speeds are not exactly the fastest compared to its counterparts in East Asia - this Reuters article SingTel admits its wireless is slow, vows changes provides some insight into the issue.
The article does mention Singtel specifically but based on what I hear from friends, the speeds are barely sufficient for all 3 telcos. I'm ...
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Go for the latter: get an unlocked smartphone and a local data plan. By far the cheapest.
Also, you could buy the phone in Thailand. That being more of a developing country, you'd be surprised how cheap (mostly Chinese, but not only) smartphones can be. You should easily be able to get a basic smartphone for under 100 USD. Even the low end Samsungs shouldn't ...
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The "Text & Web" tariff from O2 Pay as you Go might be a good option for you.
http://www.o2.co.uk/tariffs/payandgo
Topping up £10 in a month gives you 300 free UK texts and 500MB UK web and Wi-Fi and you get to keep the £10 as credit on your phone to use for calls and additional texts.
The text and data allowance runs out at the end of the month but ...
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You'll want to decide whether you need to make calls, send SMS, or if you're just after it for data.
Then take a look at the Prepaid Sim Card Wiki entry for Hong Kong.
Depending on what phone you have, you have a few options there, and it'll depend on how much data you plan on using in those five days, of course, as to which one suits you the best, but ...
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There are many to choose from. You'll probably want a prepaid plan from a "discount" provider such as Simyo or Aldi Talk. Here's a comparison.
Typically the prepaid plan includes a pay-as-you-go rate that is very expensive (ca. 24 cents/MB), but you can add a flatrate option which will e.g. cost 9.90 EUR and give you 1GB of highspeed mobile internet within ...
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Another user of this site put me onto this:
Pay as You Go Sim with Data Wiki
It covers a lot of the pre-pay options for many countries around the world. It describes itself as:
This wiki collects information about prepaid mobile phone plans from
all over the world. Not just any plans though, they must include
decent data rates, perfect for ...
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China has three major networks (all of which the government has some stake in, I believe).
China Unicom is the one you'll want to go after as they operate a GSM/3G network that's compatible with most international cell phones, as opposed to the others which mainly use CDMA (much like AT&T and T-Mobile vs. Verizon and Sprint in the US).
As with most ...
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I don't have enough rep to upvote Enchanter Thunderbirds answer, nor comment, but I did the calcs and Woolworths Mobile prepaid sims (http://www.woolworthsmobile.com.au) are the best value as at April 2013. You end up with the same talk time as amaysim which is the other cheapo, but you get more data. Way more data. 5GB. I was there for a month and had over ...
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After Madrid al-Qaeda attacks in which bombs were connected to mobile phones, new law has been passed. Each and all phone lines have to be registered to a person using it. Which means that in practice, buying any SIM, including pre-paid ones, requires you to present identification and valid address in Spain.
That being said, you shouldn't have any ...
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All telco providers in Singapore are currently having this issue, especially in crowded area ( especially Orchard ) , during lunch time or after office hour. So, there is no alternative for your problem.
You can also refer to this article.
It caused by a high adoption of mobile internet in Singapore. Singaporeans are the global leaders for the longest time ...
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None of the telecom providers in Singapore provide preferential allocation of data bandwidth to postpaid customers. However, the performance of the data access is highly dependent on your location. Singtel has a list of locations detailing the strength of their network coverage across the island.
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I used Vodafone (they had 3G) and it worked fine in Spain. Once I made it to Andorra, I was roaming and was told what the charges would be. I assume it would be the same had I continued on to France.
The rate was 10 EUR for unlimited Internet which cost something like 3.15 EUR per week. They credited the full 10EUR to your account. Once I hit 20MB/day, it ...
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There's a US company called Cellhire which offers a 10GB data bundle for Spain for $99 a month and that includes a USB modem rental. I think they also do those Mifi travel router things which can be handy if you want your laptop AND phone to hook up to the data. There is a $19 setup fee but that covers them shipping it to your home and back again. Like me, ...
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After having a quick look, I think that
Orange: http://shop.orange.co.uk/mobile-phones/plans/planDetailPage.jsp?item=prod640006
and O2 (Text & Web tariff): http://www.o2.co.uk/tariffs/payandgo
offer the best deal. Make sure you double check before you buy/top-up though, because these things tend to change really quickly.
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It's not a well publicised network, but a cheap one for PAYG (with unlimited data) is Giffgaff.
It uses the O2 network, and keeps the costs low by not having any phone customer support, it's all forum and online ticket based. £10 gets you 250 minutes, unlimited texts and unlimited data (but unlike the O2 offer the £10 is spent on this offer, it's not still ...
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We found that 3 gave the best coverage and price when we were in Hong Kong last month.
It's highly recommended you go to one of the numerous "Computer Centers" (eg Wan Chai Computer Center) to buy it. They will be more inclined to set it up for you and if it doesn't work, they will usually refund you.
Top-ups are easy to get from a 7-11.
Yes, you can get ...
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Basically to get a reasonable deal you need to have an unlocked phone, so make sure your iPhone is unlocked before you come.
And then you need to do your homework and check all the main providers to see what they have on offer at the time you are ready to buy it - it does change quite often. The main operators are: Vodafone, O2, Three, T-Mobile, Virgin ...
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I use a service from a company called Travelers Mobile.
They are Canadian and I am in Canada, but they ship anywhere in the world.
Basically they sell me, a US local prepaid no contract plan, delivered to my home in Canada, cheaper than if I buy it from a store in the US.
They currently sell US and UK plans. I have not used the UK plan yet, but I ...
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