haha, I can't disagree with the greed point. But, from what I've read, their all blood suckers no matter where you live. From Canada's carriers an their crazy 3 year contracts, the United states locked down phones, and Europe's crazy data charges for 3G and 4G data. The big phone carriers make my skin crawl. *shutter*
Ricardo Walker [email protected] Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Jun 12, 2013, at 3:33 AM, RobH! <[email protected]> wrote: > I have to agree, that for an advanced nation, the uS is being so seriously > hampered by carriers greed. I wanted to send someone a cell phone over > there, then heard some of the payment details and soon gave up the idea. > > I know england is easy, I got 3 old phones at least with an off'the'shelf > simm in each and all pay'as'u'go, and just put the odd £5 on them > occasionally to keep them alive. Even my iPhone has a PAYG, though have got > a repeating purchase of a flat amount and it lasts as long as it lasts. > watching the pennys go down might seem irritating, but you know exactly > where you are with it. Put £10, then when it's down to £1, put some more > on. Some of us like life that simple. even the stores do them now, I bet > walmart and Target do themo ver there surely? I know Asda, tesco and a few > others do over here. They ride piggyBack on existing carriers of course, but > it all works. > > RobH. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sieghard Weitzel" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 1:23 AM > Subject: RE: Mobile Phone Service and International Travel > > > Hi Alan, > > > > First of all, in order to use another provider's SIM in your phone, your > phone has to be unlocked. Any phone you buy on contract is not unlocked, but > I know for sure in Canada and I think also in the States, carriers now have > to unlock your phone if your account is in good standing after a certain > time period. Here in Canada that time period was just reduced to 90 days. > That means that if you buy a subsidized phone on contract, after 3 months > you can call the carrier and ask them to provide unlock instructions and > once you have followed them you can put in somebody elses SIM. > > > > I bought my iPhone 4S directly from Apple at full price and factory unlocked > so when I went to Thailand back in April it was super easy to get a SIM from > a provider in Thailand and use it there. > > > > Yes, you will get a different phone number and it will be a phone number > local to whatever country you are in, in my case it was a Thai phone number > and in your case it will be a French phone number. > > > > Getting a local SIM is always preferable because roaming fees can totally > kill. You often hear stories when somebody went to Europe and they were > happily streaming music and videos and then they came home to a $5,000 bill > from AT&T. When I went to Thailand the SIM Card cost me $4 and for another > just over $20 I had 1 gig of prepaid data and a bunch of local phone minutes > > > > Most of the world including Europe and Asia is much more ahead when it comes > to low-cost and prepaid phone and data services. In most of those countries > you can get prepaid data which here in the USA and in Canada is not easy if > at all possible. As soon as the carrier here know you have an iPhone they > all see 2 year contracts and expensive plans. > > > > If you go to France I suggest you just google "using my iPhone in France" or > "prepaid mobile phone service in France for visitors" and I'm sure you find > good information. You can also do what I did and that is to write an email > to Rob from the Today in iOS Podcast and ask if he could put the question > out to his listeners. Then you have to listen to the next couple of episodes > to see who called in with information. I did that for my trip to Thailand > and had about 3 or 4 responses which rob read or played on the show and I > had a good idea which carriers to avoid and which to look for. If that is > something you want to do, the email is [email protected] and either way, it's a > very good Podcast to listen to if you are interested in what's going on with > Apple and iOS. > > > > > > Regards, > > Sieghard > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Alan Lemly > Sent: Monday, June 10, 2013 8:01 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Mobile Phone Service and International Travel > > > > I've only been an iPhone user for about 4 months so please forgive the > elementary nature of some of my questions. When I first joined this list, I > remember reading a few posts about traveling to other countries with your > mobile phone. The issue being discussed had to do with mobile plans and > getting SIM cards in the visited country and not with charging of the > device. > > > > Can someone please give an overview of how to use your iPhone in another > country such as France when traveling? I assume the issue is that whoever is > providing the mobile service in your home country is not in the visited > country so fees can really run up. What I don't understand is how you get > service at a more reasonable rate when traveling internationally by > purchasing a SIM card in the host country. Does the type of card you get > have anything to do with your current phone service provider as it seems to > in this country? I wouldn't think so but I'm fishing here. Do you get a new > phone number to use while traveling? Is there any way to use your current > phone number and what about having access to your contacts? > > > > I'm really just looking for a primer on this issue so if anyone knows of a > good website to direct me to, that would be great. 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