It seems that lots of Wikimedians have arrived Barbican already (according to my Facebook timeline :-). Sam, how many SIM cards are left now? I will arrive Barbican Wednesday evening, and if it's 'sold out' until then, I will get my SIM card at Heathrow.
Takashi On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 8:51 PM, David Gómez <[email protected]> wrote: > In which airport? I'll come via Gatwick. > Would be easy to take the SIM there. An other option is to book one online > [*] but it is the problem of giving a delivery address. > > > [*] > http://store.three.co.uk/view/searchSimOnly?tariff=115 > > > 2014-07-31 19:22 GMT+02:00 Nasir Khan <[email protected]>: >> >> I went to visit London about six month ago. On that time i purchased a >> "Three" sim card from the airport. It was a micro sim and had nano and >> standard adapter. the price was about £15. I purchased that sim because it >> has unlimited 3G internet for 30days plus 300 min local call and 3000 local >> sms. But i am not sure if it is available now or not. >> >> There was a vending machine just beside the first exit gate of terminal 4. >> I think from there you can choose the sim card by yourself. >> >> >> >> -- >> Nasir Khan Saikat >> www.nasirkhn.com >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 11:08 PM, Joseph Fox <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Well, obviously Giffgaff isn't going to be as good as the more expensive >>> carriers, but you really can't beat £12 for unlimited data even if it is >>> occasionally quite slow ;) >>> >>> Joe >>> >>> On 31 July 2014 at 05:50:08 pm, Deryck Chan ([email protected]) wrote: >>> >>> 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 >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimania-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >>> >>> -- >>> Joseph Fox >>> Sent with Airmail >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
