Visiting UK - PAYG sim for Canadian phone?
Jul 7th 2011, 3:56 pm
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Visiting UK - PAYG sim for Canadian phone?
Hi
Just wondered what others do when they visit the UK with regards their mobile phones? Last year I merrily texted away thinking the charges would be OK....well they weren't, and I guess I should not have been surprised.
This year, visiting for just over 4 weeks, so ideally want to take my Canadian Nokia phone which i have with Rogers with me, and then get a PAYG sim so that people can text me, phone me etc, and then all I will pay is the PAYG fees in £'s. Is that how it works or will Rogers somehow fathom I am using their handset abroad and charge me a small fortune for the pleasure?
Is this possible? I'm wondering whether or not a Canadian phone is compatible with a UK sim and also what happens to the number? Does the UK SIM assign you a UK number? I'm not very experienced with this as you can probably tell, so any advice (basic!) would be welcome.
Thanks in advance.
Just wondered what others do when they visit the UK with regards their mobile phones? Last year I merrily texted away thinking the charges would be OK....well they weren't, and I guess I should not have been surprised.
This year, visiting for just over 4 weeks, so ideally want to take my Canadian Nokia phone which i have with Rogers with me, and then get a PAYG sim so that people can text me, phone me etc, and then all I will pay is the PAYG fees in £'s. Is that how it works or will Rogers somehow fathom I am using their handset abroad and charge me a small fortune for the pleasure?
Is this possible? I'm wondering whether or not a Canadian phone is compatible with a UK sim and also what happens to the number? Does the UK SIM assign you a UK number? I'm not very experienced with this as you can probably tell, so any advice (basic!) would be welcome.
Thanks in advance.
Jul 7th 2011, 4:11 pm
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Re: Visiting UK - PAYG sim for Canadian phone?
Rogers & 3 are interchangeable.. I've swapped them out before with no problems..
Perhaps email 3 just to make sure..
Perhaps email 3 just to make sure..
Jul 7th 2011, 5:54 pm
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Re: Visiting UK - PAYG sim for Canadian phone?
I've done that with an Orange (Prepay) Sim cost me £10 if I remember correctly.
They do one (Camel) prepay+SIM with free international minutes, http://shop.orange.co.uk/mobile-phon.../pay-as-you-go
Sim + £30 top up gives you 240 free international calling minutes for a total charge of £30.
Not bad.
(Edit. Yes, the SIM purchase will entitle you to a free number)
Edit again~ just found they have a free sim offer if you know of anyone in the UK who can take delivery. http://freesim.orange.co.uk/register/
They do one (Camel) prepay+SIM with free international minutes, http://shop.orange.co.uk/mobile-phon.../pay-as-you-go
Sim + £30 top up gives you 240 free international calling minutes for a total charge of £30.
Not bad.
(Edit. Yes, the SIM purchase will entitle you to a free number)
Edit again~ just found they have a free sim offer if you know of anyone in the UK who can take delivery. http://freesim.orange.co.uk/register/
Last edited by Siouxie; Jul 7th 2011 at 6:00 pm.
Jul 9th 2011, 4:20 am
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Re: Visiting UK - PAYG sim for Canadian phone?
Originally Posted by victorfoxtrot
Hi
Just wondered what others do when they visit the UK with regards their mobile phones? Last year I merrily texted away thinking the charges would be OK....well they weren't, and I guess I should not have been surprised.
This year, visiting for just over 4 weeks, so ideally want to take my Canadian Nokia phone which i have with Rogers with me, and then get a PAYG sim so that people can text me, phone me etc, and then all I will pay is the PAYG fees in £'s. Is that how it works or will Rogers somehow fathom I am using their handset abroad and charge me a small fortune for the pleasure?
Is this possible? I'm wondering whether or not a Canadian phone is compatible with a UK sim and also what happens to the number? Does the UK SIM assign you a UK number? I'm not very experienced with this as you can probably tell, so any advice (basic!) would be welcome.
Thanks in advance.
Just wondered what others do when they visit the UK with regards their mobile phones? Last year I merrily texted away thinking the charges would be OK....well they weren't, and I guess I should not have been surprised.
This year, visiting for just over 4 weeks, so ideally want to take my Canadian Nokia phone which i have with Rogers with me, and then get a PAYG sim so that people can text me, phone me etc, and then all I will pay is the PAYG fees in £'s. Is that how it works or will Rogers somehow fathom I am using their handset abroad and charge me a small fortune for the pleasure?
Is this possible? I'm wondering whether or not a Canadian phone is compatible with a UK sim and also what happens to the number? Does the UK SIM assign you a UK number? I'm not very experienced with this as you can probably tell, so any advice (basic!) would be welcome.
Thanks in advance.
Jul 23rd 2011, 6:03 pm
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Re: Visiting UK - PAYG sim for Canadian phone?
Obviously getting a PAYG sim card in UK is the cheapest way, but I would consider other operators, not only 3 and Orange. For example, if you use NowMobile you will pay 4p for a minute to Canada and 10p for a text, while calls inside UK are 8p/minute and the same rate is for texting.
It's just one of the option, look through offers of Vectone Mobile, Lycamobile, TalkMobile or O2 (they also have a nice offer for international calling). You can find direct links to tariffs of operators on http://sim.fm . It all depends what you will exactly use your mobile for.
It's just one of the option, look through offers of Vectone Mobile, Lycamobile, TalkMobile or O2 (they also have a nice offer for international calling). You can find direct links to tariffs of operators on http://sim.fm . It all depends what you will exactly use your mobile for.
