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Last time I asked a Canadian shop (staples and one other I think) for local sim card I had to explain the concept of a separate sim card in detail. Are sim car
by eitland 13y ago
Last time I asked a Canadian shop (staples and one other I think) for local sim card I had to explain the concept of a separate sim card in detail.
Are sim cards more common now (or is this the one place where Americans has an edge on Canadians? ;-)
- nmcfarl 13y agoMy guess is that this isn't a matter of common - but one of knowledge. 2 of the 4 big US carrier sell GSM phones with sim chips, but as the phones are almost all locked down, only tech folk know this. To everyone else an AT&T phone is an AT&T phone, not a GSM phone, and no-one ever opens them up to pull out the SIM cards. Whenever I've purchased a SIM card, I've gone to an AT&T store, and convinced the employee to look around for them. They always have them both pre and post-pay, but even AT&T employees don't necessarily know that till they look them up on the computer.
- FigBug 13y agoEvery phone of mine has had a Sim card for at least 10 years. But the plans are so expensive I imagine it's not very common for tourists to pick up sim card while they are visiting Canada.
- Mikeb85 13y agoThat's why you get pre-paid SIM cards when travelling...
- noarchy 13y agoI'd love to have the number of choices that Americans have in the wireless market, compared to the rather protected cartel we have in Canada. Verizon dropped some hints about coming here, recently, and the Big 3 wireless companies here launched a huge campaign to try to stop it.