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Re: [87attendees] SIM purchase at the IETF (was Re: [87all] IETF 87 Berlin Meeting Review)

Ted Lemon <Ted.Lemon@nominum.com> Sat, 17 August 2013 01:44 UTC

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From: Ted Lemon <Ted.Lemon@nominum.com>
To: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
Thread-Topic: [87attendees] SIM purchase at the IETF (was Re: [87all] IETF 87 Berlin Meeting Review)
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On Aug 16, 2013, at 3:35 PM, Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> wrote:
> the ietf has not been very successful fishing in these waters.  i think
> the closest we came was maastricht, and it was not worth the vendor's
> effort.

This didn't happen in Maastricht, or if it did, it was very poorly publicized.   I hunted for days for a SIM card in Maastricht, and wound up buying several before I found one that actually worked.   If IETF had offered SIM cards, I would not have had to waste time on this.

Actually, the only time I've had an easy time getting a reasonably-priced SIM card was in Taipei, because they sold them at the airport.   The thing that would help me the most would be for ISOC to scout out a few really good places for newcomers to get SIM cards, and post directions to the wiki.

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