Re: [100attendees] SIM cards/data access

I got tired a few years ago of always worrying about this and moved to
T-mobile.  The US branch at least has a plan that includes 3g international
data roaming and generally cheap”high speed” bump ups if you want them when
you’re on travel.  I mostly don’t use the bump ups  as my main out of the
hotel use is for maps and I can download google maps for the area when I’m
connected to WiFi.  Also includes WiFi calling which just works at an IETF.

It’s wonderful no longer getting the ATT text message indicating that a MB
of data would cost $15.36 each while I was in country.

Mike

On Sun, Nov 5, 2017 at 01:41 Sean Leonard <dev+ietf@seantek.com> wrote:

> Hi attendees,
>
> Where are folks doing for SIM cards & data access while in Singapore for
> this IETF?
>
> 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.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sean
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