On Aug 5, 2014 7:14 PM, "Takashi OTA" <supertakot+wikimania@gmail.com> wrote:

It seems that lots of Wikimedians have arrived Barbican already
(according to my Facebook timeline :-). Sam, how many SIM cards
are left now? I will arrive Barbican Wednesday evening, and if it's
'sold out' until then, I will get my SIM card at Heathrow.

Takashi

On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 8:51 PM, David Gómez <dvdgmz@gmail.com> wrote:
> In which airport? I'll come via Gatwick.
> Would be easy to take the SIM there. An other option is to book one online
> [*]  but it is the problem of giving a delivery address.
>
>
> [*]
> http://store.three.co.uk/view/searchSimOnly?tariff=115
>
>
> 2014-07-31 19:22 GMT+02:00 Nasir Khan <nasir8891@gmail.com>:
>>
>> I went to visit London about six month ago. On that time i purchased a
>> "Three" sim card from the airport. It was a micro sim and had nano and
>> standard adapter. the price was about £15. I purchased that sim because it
>> has unlimited 3G internet for 30days plus 300 min local call and 3000 local
>> sms. But i am not sure if it is available now or not.
>>
>> There was a vending machine just beside the first exit gate of terminal 4.
>> I think from there you can choose the sim card by yourself.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
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>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 11:08 PM, Joseph Fox <josephfoxwiki@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Well, obviously Giffgaff isn't going to be as good as the more expensive
>>> carriers, but you really can't beat £12 for unlimited data even if it is
>>> occasionally quite slow ;)
>>>
>>> Joe
>>>
>>> On 31 July 2014 at 05:50:08 pm, Deryck Chan (deryckchan@gmail.com) wrote:
>>>
>>> I think they were around the South Bank / London Bridge / Chinatown area
>>> and had unbearably slow speed. Perhaps I'm just too pessimistic about it!
>>>
>>> On 31 Jul 2014 23:36, "Fabian Tompsett"
>>> <fabian.tompsett@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 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@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@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
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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