I think they were around the South Bank / London Bridge / Chinatown area and had unbearably slow speed. Perhaps I'm just too pessimistic about it! On 31 Jul 2014 23:36, "Fabian Tompsett" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Well I use Giffgaff in central London with no problems . . . > > all the best > > Fabian Tompsett, > Wikimania Support Team, > Wikimedia UK, > Address: 56-64 Leonard St, > Shoreditch, > London EC2A 4LT > Phone:020 7065 0991 > Mobile: 07548 103787 > > > On 31 July 2014 16:33, Deryck Chan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Oh no, giffgaff basically doesn't work in London! I learnt it the hard >> way when my family visited me last year. (I used to live in Cambridge where >> giffgaff is great.) >> >> This is because giffgaff is a virtual operator over O2 and a subsidiary >> of O2 (think of a flag carrier airline's budget branch) so giffgaff users >> need to give way to O2 users in areas with many users. And in central >> London, it means there's little or no data bandwidth left for giffgaff. >> >> So expect your goodybag to give you nothing but a dumbphone plan. >> On 29 Jul 2014 21:12, "Sam Reed" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I’ve just ordered a stack (30) of UK sim cards for Wikimania. This is >>> a mix of dual normal/micro sims, and also some nano sims.. >>> >>> >>> >>> They’re with giffgaff [1], and come with 5 GBP credit. If you get a £10 >>> “goodybag” [2], it comes with 1GB mobile data and uk minutes/texts. Can get >>> 4G on it too. >>> >>> >>> >>> International rates are at [3] >>> >>> >>> >>> Oh, and you can contact anyone else with a giffgaff sim for free too. >>> >>> >>> >>> I’ll be down in London from the 5th, so if anyone wants one, come find >>> me. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Sam >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> [1] http://giffgaff.com/ >>> >>> [2] http://giffgaff.com/goodybags >>> >>> [3] http://giffgaff.com/index/international >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimania-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimania-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > >
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