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,
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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 5^th, 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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