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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: mora on December 28, 2004, 02:17:55 PM
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Do you have them and where are they sold at?
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what is a SIM card?
for playing online simulators?
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The card which goes inside a mobile phone.
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No one ever heard of such thing?
I know that you have long distance call cards there(never got one that actually worked). This is a similar thing which you use in your mobile.
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Originally posted by mora
The card which goes inside a mobile phone.
all our mobile phones just run on batteries, and the service provider.
there are a few cheapo phones you pre pay for, though i have never met anyone who actually uses one.
with those you purchase a set number of minutes, and the service provider keeps track of them. when you need more you call and give them a credit card number.
dont know about your country, but it is so cheap to have a cell phone, about $20 a month for tons of minutes. most just get a phone in a plan like that.
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we still have prepaid min cards for bolth long distance and mobiles . i still use one when ever i need to use my mobile phone ... but thats pritty rare
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Sim cards for cells are still new I think. I have one on my Nextel and it stores all my contacts and other information. I can take that card out of my phone and have all that information loaded into a new phone. In fact I have 2 phones now and I can swap the sim card I use currently to my other phone. I wont be able to utilize all the features of the other phone cause the one the sim card is mainly programmed for doesnt have all the features of my second phone.
As far as where to get them, go to your service provider and get it there.
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hehe try to ask for pay&go at least its term that they use in GB ... they will have them in every little shop with cigerets&news papers. ....
Long distance card is something absolutly diferent mora.
You buy card for $15, there is some local number, whitch you must call and then you will use tone to ID yourself and then dial ...
I think, its same all around the globe isnt it ? :D
btw if you are going ot US with your cell phone and you want to buy p&g Sim card, just make sure, that your phone working with their [FLAME ON] prehistorical mobile parody [/FLAME OFF] :D
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Originally posted by Wolf14
Sim cards for cells are still new I think. I have one on my Nextel and it stores all my contacts and other information. I can take that card out of my phone and have all that information loaded into a new phone. In fact I have 2 phones now and I can swap the sim card I use currently to my other phone. I wont be able to utilize all the features of the other phone cause the one the sim card is mainly programmed for doesnt have all the features of my second phone.
As far as where to get them, go to your service provider and get it there.
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All cellphones have them here, they dont work without them so i guess you have a different system. :)
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T-Mobile, Cingular, most AT&T (though not the prepaid, i think), Nextel, & a few regional carriers use GSM here. I'm not sure how it works over there, but I think to do prepaid here, even with a SIM, you'll need to purchase the SIM, activate a prepaid acct with the SIM, then purchase minutes to put on the prepaid acct.
I don't think I've ever seen just a SIM card that you could purchase off the rack that was already activated with minutes on it.
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All the newer phones have them but there are also alot of older phones in use that will still be used for awhile yet. So when somebody gets a phone with a sim card, its a new thing. They just aint real common in this area cause everybody is still using their old phones.
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GSM was primarily a European standard, and that's why "SIM Card", though they've been around for a long time, is relatively unknown out there.
Also, US carriers are heavily oriented towards charging for airtime, not calls made, and for subscription plans (with credit checks and yearly commitments). So the "pay as you go" approach just isn't popular. That's also why Cellphone market penetration isn't nearly as deep in the US as it is in other civilized countries.
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I don't know, but I would have figured it was the gaps in coverage more than anything. That, combined with the quality of service and price, both of which have improved quite a bit here over the last several years. Also, I think the price for mobile service here is dirt cheap, which is why prepaid isn't that popular...unless you're credit challenged and can't get an account set up without a big deposit, or unless you hardly use the phone. For $40US, you can get a plan with 600 minutes, plus nights and weekends unlimited and calling to/from anywhere in the US. I checked out prices in the UK once and was amazed at how much the mobile service was when you started getting a larger number of minutes combined with free long distance in the country.
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Originally posted by JB73
what is a SIM card?
for playing online simulators?
LOL
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SOB said it best... i would never waste my money on a plan where i dont get 1000 minutes anytime / AND free weekends . nighttime.
i get that for $39 US
80% of my minutes are on weekends, and it makes sence.... i cna't imagine paying for 700 minutes in a "pay as you go" plan
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Originally posted by SOB
I don't think I've ever seen just a SIM card that you could purchase off the rack that was already activated with minutes on it.
Ok. Those are common here, and are mostly used by kids or people with little need or money.
You buy a sim card from one of several operators. On the card there is usually 100 NOK worth of calling time to begin with (15ish $). When that money is spent you just buy refill cards in any store that you just scratch and a code comes up that you enter into the phone and you have more calling time. Practical for tourits and kids but they are alot more expensive to use than regular services.
Does your subscribtion usually come with a phone as a package deal?
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Originally posted by JB73
80% of my minutes are on weekends, and it makes sence.... i cna't imagine paying for 700 minutes in a "pay as you go" plan
Its not important if you have free minutes or not in pay and go. What is important is fact, that you land in Spain, you buy SIM card+some credit at News paper shop at the airport and you have spanish phone number and you can call all around for local prices.
Pay and go is very expensive compare to contract. But if you go for lets say 1 month vacation , it can be useful.
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Ok found it. T-Mobile offers prepaid GSM SIM Cards without buying a phone, the rate is 10$/30min. Other service providers reguire you to buy a phone aswell, that's ****ed up...:rolleyes:
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Originally posted by lada
Pay and go is very expensive compare to contract. But if you go for lets say 1 month vacation , it can be useful.
It's maybe 30% more expensive than contract here. The cotracts never include a phone as it's illegal to include a phone to a conract, so you'll have to buy it separately.
The prepaid is also the choice of drug dealers, as the cops can't trace you because you haven't put your name in a contract.
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here you can buy phone with credit for lets say €20 and you have like €15 credit.....
yup mostly tourists, children & criminals use it :D