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Re: Apple SIM

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Post by tomcooks »

digi_owl wrote: post #168
gsich wrote: post #117

Earlier quoted context omitted.

First telephone was invented by an Italian (Antonio Meucci). Probably the best landline system was/is in Germany. The ISDN was a complete digital system beginning from the 80s, having features that are not present in current mobile technologies. Calling was almost instant, probably only matched with VoLTE or SIP in local networks. Deutsche Telekom tried very hard to adapt most of the ISDN features to SIP.

> First telephone was invented by an Italian (Antonio Meucci). Living in New York and granted a US patent...

> In 1834 Meucci constructed a type of acoustic telephone to communicate between the stage and control room at the Teatro of Pergola

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Meucci

Re: Apple SIM

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Post by tomcooks »

dzhiurgis wrote: post #83
Faaak wrote: post #73

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In the EU, you don't even need that. Roaming is included in all of EU's countries. My operator (Free) also includes the USA.

> Roaming is included in all of EU's countries Kind of - if you buy monthly plan that’s 2X more expensive (at least in Eastern Europe).

EU, not eastern Europe. But wouldn't surprise me if the roaming charges were abolished there as well

Re: Apple SIM

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Post by tomcooks »

Tijdreiziger wrote: post #98
paublyrne wrote: post #87

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In the EU roaming charges were abolished last year.

> However, if you have a very cheap mobile data unit price (less than €3.85 / GB in 2017), your operator may apply a "fair use" limit for data that is lower than your domestic allowance when you are roaming. Source: https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/consumers/internet-tel...

The "fair use limit" is to prevent expats using a SIM card from a country with cheaper tariffs in a country where higher rates apply

Re: Apple SIM

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Post by Rjevski »

Thriptic wrote: post #45

Is it possible to purchase a dongle for ipad which will let you pop in a sim and support this function?

Well you can use the Wi-Fi based modems/dongles/routers/whatever they call it that basically connect to the cellular network and create a Wi-Fi network you can connect your iPad to (or anything else really).

A bit annoying given that it's one extra device to carry around and charge but if a "dongle" is what you want then I think it's the best solution.

Re: Apple SIM

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Post by gsich »

digi_owl wrote: post #168
gsich wrote: post #117

Earlier quoted context omitted.

First telephone was invented by an Italian (Antonio Meucci). Probably the best landline system was/is in Germany. The ISDN was a complete digital system beginning from the 80s, having features that are not present in current mobile technologies. Calling was almost instant, probably only matched with VoLTE or SIP in local networks. Deutsche Telekom tried very hard to adapt most of the ISDN features to SIP.

> First telephone was invented by an Italian (Antonio Meucci). Living in New York and granted a US patent...

You wrote "how they managed" and by "they" I assume you meant US-americans. Which is not the case for Meucci.

Re: Apple SIM

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Post by shkkmo »

voltagex_ wrote: post #121
shkkmo wrote: post #80

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As a digital nomad with Fi, its roaming and service is amazing. What you are complaining about is the US Cell market, which is awful and has horrible prices compared to the rest of the world. I usually buy a local sim card for data because it's usually cheaper than Fi per GB. However, I pick a different carrier than what I can access through Fi so I have more reliable access for work (and can use both using Speedify)…

I wonder if speedify is detected by the carriers - most SIMs outside my country appear to have heavy tethering restrictions.

Google Fi has no problem with you tethering on your main SIM, but doesn't support in on the free, data only sim cards it provides.

Re: Apple SIM

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Post by shkkmo »

hughes wrote: post #101
shkkmo wrote: post #82

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Fi plans are only "outrageously expensive" if you are comparing them against other countries.

I was pretty regularly hitting the $80 cap until I switched to Cricket for their $40 unlimited deal. If they're literally charging double compared to the domestic competition, it's pretty outrageous.

Except that you need to compare against the Cricket $60 unlimited deal that offers tethering and throttles it at 6GB. Even then they aren't quite on par since you don't have the 10 free data sim cards, free international data, and ability to make and receive calls from any device that has hangouts installed.

Google Fi is also flexible in that you don't have to spend $80 a month if you are using less. When I don't have to do a bunch of tethering for work, I usually spend $30 - $40 a month total.

Thus Google Fi cheaper for a variety of use cases. Different plans/carriers are cheaper for different use cases. Just because a carrier other than Google Fi is cheaper for your use case doesn't make Google Fi outrageously expensive.

Re: Apple SIM

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Post by Nullabillity »

mvid wrote: post #104
Nullabillity wrote: post #60

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Fi's "included" roaming sounds great, until you realize how pathetically expensive even their domestic prices are. Fi's base price[0] is $20/mo + tax. Hallon (my current provider) will sell you 8GB/mo of data for $18/mo, tax included.[1] With Fi that would cost you.. $80/mo + tax. Hallon doesn't actually have anything comparable to that, price-wise; their most expensive plan is 100GB/mo at ~$40. And no, population de…

If I land in Thailand, how fast is the Hallon service? What about Brazil, South Africa, Russia or Australia? Their are cheaper plans within the USA for domestic data usage, if that is all you want. That’s not the point of Fi though

The speed will be fine, but it'll be pretty expensive outside the EU.

But that's hardly a problem anyway since getting a local SIM pays off quickly, Fi or not.

Re: Apple SIM

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Post by p1esk »

tomcooks wrote: post #169
sametmax wrote: post #154

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I'm kinda of amazed of the Internet and mobile situation in the US. I was in the Silicon Valley recently. Internet was terrible everywhere I went. Phone plans were incredibly expensive. While my French phone plan, that I pay $25 a month, gave me unlimited calls and text messages, even in the US, and from France to the US or vice versa. On top of unlimited 4G in my country, I had 25Go of free 3G in the US for my trip.…

Just to add insult to injury: Don't forget your French sim works without roaming across all EU member states

On the other hand there are countries like Luxembourg, where cellular data service in the middle of the capital is horrible. The guy in Orange shop who sold me a sim card said I might need to manually switch from 4G to 3G in some areas, because the reception is so bad. And it was bad pretty much everywhere, even on 3G.
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