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Re: [97attendees] SIM card for Seoul

"Carlos M. Martinez" <carlosm3011@gmail.com> Sun, 13 November 2016 16:43 UTC

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From: "Carlos M. Martinez" <carlosm3011@gmail.com>
To: "Sean Leonard" <dev+ietf@seantek.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2016 01:43:20 +0900
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Subject: Re: [97attendees] SIM card for Seoul
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Hi Sean,

 From what I could understand from the girl at the KT counter in ICN 
airport, you can buy a SIM Card either with data only or with data and 
sms/voice. They cost the same (I paid 38k won for unlimited LTE data for 
10 days), but here is the catch: if you get the sms/voice version, 
you’re supposed to *return* the SIM card upon leaving the country. In 
fact, there were two lines at the counter, one for buying and the other 
for returns.

I got the data-only version, as I did not want to be bound by this 
requirement when checking in in for my return flight.

Hope this helps

-Carlos

On 14 Nov 2016, at 1:35, Sean Leonard wrote:

> Just wanted to check: Does this SIM card include a Korean phone 
> number? Can you make and receive calls? Will this SIM card’s phone 
> number overwrite/deactivate your usual phone number in in iMessage/on 
> iOS devices?
>
> Sean
>
>> On Nov 13, 2016, at 3:33 PM, Daniel Shaw <daniel@afrinic.net> wrote:
>>
>> I went for a KT 1GB set up as I’m very confident I won’t use more 
>> than that in 1 week.
>>
>> I stumbled on a KT store yesterday, right next to the entrance to the 
>> Yeouido subway stop - they don’t have the same KT sims in the store 
>> as in the airport that are self-setup. And zero English.
>>
>> However, as I was ok to sit and wait for a while, they where happy to 
>> sort everything out. They initially phoned and English teacher one of 
>> the staff knew to get translated what was looking for, took a 
>> photocopy of my passport and then proceeded to activate, set up and 
>> test the SIM for me fully.
>>
>> They bill separately for:
>> micro-sim - ₩ 8800
>> activation/calls - ₩ 5000 (even though I don’t need calling, this 
>> was a mandatory part of the process, apparently).
>> 1 GB data - ₩ 14300
>>
>> Total paid in cash: ₩ 28100 and I walked out happy with a fully 
>> working LTE connection. The only downside was them typing in all my 
>> info, plus activating the SIM in the phone all took around 20 minutes 
>> or so.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Daniel
>>
>>
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