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Yes and in China, most of South East Asia, all of Australia, all of India and nearly all the Middle East its NOT AMAZING as its completely unusable. It's also N

Yes and in China, most of South East Asia, all of Australia, all of India and nearly all the Middle East its NOT AMAZING as its completely unusable. It's also NOT AMAZING in many counties in Europe, such as Switzerland, Spain, Portugal and the Czech Republic from personal experience. Ditto for Urugay, Brazil and Bolivia in South America. So no you can't really just call out all of Europe and Africa and South America and say it's amazing. When the alternative is to simply pop a local SIM into your phone and get working internet for the same $15 dollars it costs for the T-Mobile One World Plan what's the point exactly?

walterbell 7y ago
Pop local SIM: - without data, find open store - wait in line for counter service - choose prepaid package/carrier - passport copy/screen: gov + random store - store "forgets" to return passport - run out of data due to opaque billing - repeat
- bogomipz 7y ago
  "waiting in line", "Choose a carrier" and "store forgets to return passport"? You might as well add "having to breathe" and "tapping your debit card" to this list of hardhsips. This list is really quite laughable. In many parts of the world you can get a SIM at a 24 hour convenience store and without a passport. And once you have the SIM you can almost always top them up on line. I think most people would consider the 5 minute time investment to be a fair tradeoff for working internet on their phone.
  - walterbell 7y ago
    Countries vary. Travelers buy SIMs when it's easy (e.g. EU). Some countries have more regulation, surveillance, billing or account provisioning glitches.
- jessaustin 7y ago
  IME they sell SIMs from a kiosk in the lobby of the airport. The guy can't go anywhere with your passport because there's nowhere to go. If he screws around just complain loudly; one of the military dudes with big guns will probably respond. b^)
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walterbell 7y ago

Pop local SIM: - without data, find open store - wait in line for counter service - choose prepaid package/carrier - passport copy/screen: gov + random store - store "forgets" to return passport - run out of data due to opaque billing - repeat

bogomipz 7y ago
"waiting in line", "Choose a carrier" and "store forgets to return passport"? You might as well add "having to breathe" and "tapping your debit card" to this list of hardhsips. This list is really quite laughable. In many parts of the world you can get a SIM at a 24 hour convenience store and without a passport. And once you have the SIM you can almost always top them up on line. I think most people would consider the 5 minute time investment to be a fair tradeoff for working internet on their phone.
- walterbell 7y ago
  Countries vary. Travelers buy SIMs when it's easy (e.g. EU). Some countries have more regulation, surveillance, billing or account provisioning glitches.
jessaustin 7y ago
IME they sell SIMs from a kiosk in the lobby of the airport. The guy can't go anywhere with your passport because there's nowhere to go. If he screws around just complain loudly; one of the military dudes with big guns will probably respond. b^)

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