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

"John R Levine" <johnl@taugh.com> Wed, 21 August 2013 19:13 UTC

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Subject: Re: [87attendees] SIM purchase at the IETF (was Re: [87all] IETF 87 Berlin Meeting Review)
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> It's BEFORE the meeting - for example from the minute the wheels touch 
> the ground or the train crosses the border.  So, ideally, I'd want a 
> pre-activated SIM that I can move into my phone/tablet one or two days 
> before the meeting starts.  That means sending me the SIM in advance of 
> me travelling.

If it's that critical that you not even spend a few hours off the tether, 
the only provider I know is Telestial, which will mail order SIM cards 
from countries all over the world:

http://www.telestial.com/


Regards,
John Levine, johnl@taugh.com, Taughannock Networks, Trumansburg NY
"I dropped the toothpaste", said Tom, crestfallenly.