Re: [100attendees] SIM cards/data access

[Jim Fenton <[e-mail]>]

On 11/4/17 10:41 PM, Sean Leonard wrote:
> Hi attendees,
>
> Where are folks doing for SIM cards & data access while in Singapore for this IETF?

I'm on AT&T in the US, and they have an option called "International Day
Pass" that, for US$10/day, allows you to use your home data, text, and
voice plan. It doesn't cost anything if you don't use it, so it's a good
insurance plan if you forget to turn off data roaming and show up in
another country, or in the interim before getting an in-country SIM.

I was planning to just use Day Pass from Singapore, but the in-country
options look really cost effective.
>
> I found this:
> https://www.klook.com/activity/1460-sim-card-singapore
>
> It is US$11 (SGD$15?) for 100GB of data/20 minutes of international calling, in 5 days.
>
> Seems like a good deal. However, my experience with international SIM cards has been that when I replace the SIM in my iPhone, my regular number in iMessage gets deleted after a certain period of time (sometimes instantly), which is a huge hassle because then nobody can message me the usual way until after I return to the US. I am not sure if there is some workaround for that behavior, to keep the iMessages flowing. I suppose there is no way to keep the SMS messages flowing, short of leaving a phone plugged in, in the US, and having the phone forward the SMS messages elsewhere. Phone calls, of course, can be forwarded to other numbers fairly easily.

Have you tried adding the international number to your Apple account?
(just a guess)

-Jim