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Re: [97attendees] SIM card for Seoul

Ted Lemon <mellon@fugue.com> Mon, 14 November 2016 03:56 UTC

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From: Ted Lemon <mellon@fugue.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2016 12:55:19 +0900
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Subject: Re: [97attendees] SIM card for Seoul
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Oh, you should also have them write "I want a prepaid SIM."

On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 12:54 PM, Ted Lemon <mellon@fugue.com> wrote:
> Thanks for this suggestion, Daniel.   I went to the wrong KT store the
> first time, but found yours on the second try.   If anyone else wants
> to go there, it's just outside of exit 3 from the Yeuido subway stop.
>  You need to bring 30k won in cash.   Have the concierge write out the
> following information:
>
> My phone is unlocked internationally.
> I need a sim card for it.
> I want 30 days of voice
> I want 30 days of data
> Can you please pick the phone number for me.
>
> You need to bring your passport, of course, and they may have
> questions about the name as it's written on the passport if there's
> anything weird about it -- the "III" in my name threw them.   But they
> were very nice, and it wasn't busy, so I didn't feel too guilty about
> taking the time.
>
>
> On Sun, 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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