Re: [Wikimania-l] UK Sim Cards for Wikimania

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 <deryckchan(a)gmail.com> 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" <reedy(a)wikimedia.org> 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 >> Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l