Re: [89attendees] Mobile phone service in London

Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com> Thu, 06 February 2014 05:53 UTC

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Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2014 21:53:49 -0800
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Subject: Re: [89attendees] Mobile phone service in London
From: Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com>
To: Paul Hoffman <paul.hoffman@vpnc.org>
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In most Heathrow Terminals you can buy a “3 Network” SIM from a vending
machine with your credit card before you even get to customs.  It’s maybe a
little pricy at £20 but it has plenty of data to get you through a few days.

On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 3:18 PM, Paul Hoffman <paul.hoffman@vpnc.org> wrote:

> On Feb 5, 2014, at 1:56 PM, John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> wrote:
>
> > Nope, just the SIM vending machines near the exits from customs, the
> > SIM Local store in Terminal 1, and the Vodafone store in Terminal 5.
> >
> > For what you want, any SIM should work OK.
>
> Not if the one phone I have that is SIMable is kinda crappy. That's what I
> said in my earlier message. And you have even seen that phone. :-)
>
> --Paul Hoffman

Re: [89attendees] Mobile phone service in London John Levine
Re: [89attendees] Mobile phone service in London John Levine
Re: [89attendees] Mobile phone service in London Phillip Hallam-Baker
Re: [89attendees] Mobile phone service in London Paul Hoffman
Re: [89attendees] Mobile phone service in London Tim Bray