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Cellular Phone Forum / Country Specific / UK Group / December 20063G data cards
I hav bought a 3G Vodafone connect card and it was supplied without sim. I thought you could use any sim in it but apprently not. I have been told that I need a 3G sim, whiich apparently is diferent t a normal one. I don't want a contract as I will be using this as backup only, so nee a payt sim. So far I have not been able to find anywhere that supplies them. Can anyone help -- Boirs > I hav bought a 3G Vodafone connect card and it was supplied without a > sim. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > a payt sim. > So far I have not been able to find anywhere that supplies them. Haven't you tried Vodafone? Richard Oliver Wrote: > Boirs wrote:- > I hav bought a 3G Vodafone connect card and it was supplied without a [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Haven't you tried Vodafone? **I don't know if I should have said, but I bought the card from ebay Vodafone say they will only supply a sim with a contract, and tha other companies sell the sims without contract on their behalf. Howeve I have not been able to find one that does.** The above was from my second post -- Boirs Hi, It's possible to obtain a pay as you talk SIM from Vodafone and have it enabled for 3G services. You will, however, be charged ?7.50 per MB for data download by putting a normal PAYT SIM into a data card. Vodafone do offer a cheaper rate on PAYT, this is ?3.07 per MB, although the only way to obtain data download at this cost would have been to officially buy the SIM with the data card from Vodafone (or, for their data card PAYT deals, from one of their resellers) When you buy on Ebay this wouldn't be an official Vodafone outlet and you may not get the original SIM included. As mentioned above you can put a normal PAYT SIM inside the data card to use the service, however as it's a normal SIM rather than a SIM sold with the card itself, you would be paying the ?7.50 per MB data charges as you would if the SIM was being used as part of a mobile handset. Hope this helps > Richard Oliver Wrote: > > Boirs wrote:- [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > The above was from my second post. Hi, It's possible to obtain a pay as you talk SIM from Vodafone and have it enabled for 3G services. You will, however, be charged ?7.50 per MB for data download by putting a normal PAYT SIM into a data card. Vodafone do offer a cheaper rate on PAYT, this is ?3.07 per MB, although the only way to obtain data download at this cost would have been to officially buy the SIM with the data card from Vodafone (or, for their data card PAYT deals, from one of their resellers) When you buy on Ebay this wouldn't be an official Vodafone outlet and you may not get the original SIM included. As mentioned above you can put a normal PAYT SIM inside the data card to use the service, however as it's a normal SIM rather than a SIM sold with the card itself, you would be paying the ?7.50 per MB data charges as you would if the SIM was being used as part of a mobile handset. Hope this helps > Richard Oliver Wrote: > > Boirs wrote:- [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > The above was from my second post. >It's possible to obtain a pay as you talk SIM from Vodafone and have it >enabled for 3G services. You will, however, be charged £7.50 per MB [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >charges as you would if the SIM was being used as part of a mobile >handset. Who currently sells the Voda £3.07/MB SIM cards? I believe they used to come with a Voda badged Sierra 750 PCMCIA card; this was dropped a while ago and then Voda were badging the Option 3G/GPRS card which unfortunately doesn't support fax. There is absolutely no mention of the £3.07 option on the Voda website and none of their telephone staff know anything about it. Vodafone Pay As You Talk data cards are sold through third party resellers rather than Vodafone directly. There are over 12,000 resellers in the UK , including: PC World, Currys, Dixons, The Link, Comet, Insight, Dabs, Maplin, Systemax, Amazon, Technoworld, Equanet, eBuyer etc. When you buy a Pay As You Talk data card from one of these resellers you get a package, including a data card and a SIM card. The data charges are £3.07 per MB in the UK, £9.08 when roaming. These are cheaper than you'd get on a normal Pay As You Talk SIM (£7.50 per MB) because the SIM has been provisioned and sold officially with the data card. > >It's possible to obtain a pay as you talk SIM from Vodafone and have it > >enabled for 3G services. You will, however, be charged £7.50 per MB [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > There is absolutely no mention of the £3.07 option on the Voda website > and none of their telephone staff know anything about it. MinervaUK Wrote: > Vodafone Pay As You Talk data cards are sold through third party > resellers rather than Vodafone directly. There are over 12,000 [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > contract and making it impossible to PAYT. > > Mayb cos of their financial woes -- Boirs MinervaUK Wrote: > Hi > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Hope this help Firstly, Voda say it is not possible to have a PAYT sim enabled fo data transfer You can only buy a card from Voda with a sim, if yoou sign up to contract. I have not so far found a reseller who sells them That's why I'm here seeking advice If the card is a 3G card, I have been told I can't use a normal sim Oh wehre's th people with the real knowledge when you need em -- Boirs Any pay as you talk SIM can be used for data transfer. All that's required is it's provisioned for GPRS, this will either allow you a connection to Vodafone Live!, the standard internet, or to use your phone as a modem. A normal PAYT SIM will charge at £7.50 per megabyte when downloading GPRS. A PAYT SIM can also be set up for 3G to allow 3G handset services. I've got in touch with some of the above resellers, PC World, Comet etc and asked for an update on the sale of prepay data cards, once I hear I'll get back and post more information. From searching around the internet there are resellers available, pending stock issues: http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Vodafone-Prepay-Data-Card-055270/version.asp http://www.ciao.co.uk/Vodafone_Wireless_cellular_modem__5805952#productdetail http://www.acernotebooks.co.uk/Vodafone_Prepay_Data_Card_055270/version.asp Again, once I find more information I'll post. > MinervaUK Wrote: > > Hi, [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > Oh wehre's th people with the real knowledge when you need em. |
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