Re: [81attendees] 3G Prepaid Data SIM Card

A Japanese example.
Prepaid SIM is not a popular product.
The reason prevents a crime. (...really?)
There are not so many shops selling it.
It is necessary to go to the shop of "Softbank Mobile".
An identification card is necessary.

I think that "Prepaid SIM BoF" is necessary. :-)

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HAYASHI, Tatsuya <hayashi@lepidum.co.jp> 
Lepidum Co. Ltd. 

On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 2:19 AM, John R. Levine <johnl@iecc.com> wrote:
>> But I can kind of understand why it hasn't happened yet―it always seems
>> like it's a major hassle to buy a SIM card when you're abroad because all
>> the systems are set up to assume that you are local.
> 
> That extremely depends on the country.  In many European countries, there
> are SIM card vending machines in airports.  I've also gotten SIMs from
> kiosks in malls here in Canada and in Spain with no local address, and from
> a post office in France last week, again without a local address.
> 
> I'd suggest putting it on the list as something that would be nice to have
> if it's not a big hassle to get a local vendor to set up a kiosk.
> 
> Regards,
> John Levine, johnl@iecc.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for
> Dummies",
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