Piranha Mobile Sim Card

davidtheprof · 04-01-2014, 14:04

thanks, actually been on T-Mob for years, but would need to pay hefty fee to go to "simple choice" plan before 2 yr contract is up... The new plan kicks in next week, I'll try on next trip. But I'll miss the SIM card fun!

Do you have experience with T-Mob? data is meant to be very slow, not sure if adequate for maps, weather, etc. And I would still want to give local folks in EU a UK number, so I'd use a Piranha SIM to forward to my US number.

UKSTEVE · 04-01-2014, 16:41

I have a EuropaSIM (Voda Italy repackage) which gives me 500MB a day across Europe for 3 euros.

Interestingly on a trip to Germany last year I was only able to get on to 2.5G services, but the MiFi whirred along at 100Kbps - more than enough for most email, and light Web surfing.

+Steve

snidely · 05-01-2014, 07:16

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Originally Posted by davidtheprof

thanks, actually been on T-Mob for years, but would need to pay hefty fee to go to "simple choice" plan before 2 yr contract is up... The new plan kicks in next week, I'll try on next trip. But I'll miss the SIM card fun!

Do you have experience with T-Mob? data is meant to be very slow, not sure if adequate for maps, weather, etc. And I would still want to give local folks in EU a UK number, so I'd use a Piranha SIM to forward to my US number.

Several of us made use of the incl intl roaming right after it went into effect when we were in China for a wedding end of Oct. for a week and then stopped in Hong Kong for 4 days. There were 5 or 6 of us w. T-Mobile phones while in China. A speed test I did was exactly the 128kbs they advertised it would be. Email, Google Maps worked fine. Even gave traffic conditions like at home! I did a test of Pandora music for 15 minutes - didn't miss a beat. Listened to audio streaming of a college football game for 3 hours - perfect clarity. Wife even did her Facebook thing. AND, yes, we weren't blocked by the great Chinese (internet) Wall. Using TM's server seemed to avoid all that.
Maps probably did load about 30-45 seconds longer than usual - but once you have the area maps in, any minor updating that needs to be done is quick as you move about the same city. Wife didn't complain about Facebook. Voice and text worked perfectly - both locally and back to U.S.
We noticed no real problem looking up weather.

davidtheprof · 05-01-2014, 14:57

thanks, good to hear you had positive experience, (with phone and wedding!)
this writer had more trouble with data speeds http://www.forbes.com/sites/marcwebe...-game-changer/
for maps, can pre-download google map areas, and I use OsmAnd+ for travel, uses pre-downloaded maps.

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davidtheprof (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Fan Posts: 159 Join Date: 05 Jun 2011 Country:	04-01-2014, 14:04 thanks, actually been on T-Mob for years, but would need to pay hefty fee to go to "simple choice" plan before 2 yr contract is up... The new plan kicks in next week, I'll try on next trip. But I'll miss the SIM card fun! Do you have experience with T-Mob? data is meant to be very slow, not sure if adequate for maps, weather, etc. And I would still want to give local folks in EU a UK number, so I'd use a Piranha SIM to forward to my US number.

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UKSTEVE (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 197 Join Date: 26 Dec 2004 Location: Sheffield UK Country:	04-01-2014, 16:41 I have a EuropaSIM (Voda Italy repackage) which gives me 500MB a day across Europe for 3 euros. Interestingly on a trip to Germany last year I was only able to get on to 2.5G services, but the MiFi whirred along at 100Kbps - more than enough for most email, and light Web surfing. +Steve [size=2]Steve Gold PO Box 1014, Sheffield S10 5YG, UK Home mobie: Telefonica O2 Other UK mobiles: 3, Vodafone, Virgin Foreign SIMs: Toggle (multi); Germany (Fonic); Poland (Orange PL); Skype: stevewgold

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davidtheprof (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Fan Posts: 159 Join Date: 05 Jun 2011 Country:	05-01-2014, 14:57 thanks, good to hear you had positive experience, (with phone and wedding!) this writer had more trouble with data speeds http://www.forbes.com/sites/marcwebe...-game-changer/ for maps, can pre-download google map areas, and I use OsmAnd+ for travel, uses pre-downloaded maps.