Dick Montage Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 Hi I'm in the UK and travel a lot. I take my phone, but my usual routine is to turn Wireless Data off and buy a local PAYG sim card upon arrival, and put it into my 4G Wifi Router. My mum is shortly off to India and I want to get this set up in advance. I want to buy a sim card, have it delivered here to the UK and get the 4G Wifi Router working in advance - so when she arrives in India, she turns it on, turns her phone's data plan off and we're all golden. Can anyone suggest a network or help at all? TO BE CLEAR: This is not about calling India from England! Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Montage Posted December 6, 2018 Author Share Posted December 6, 2018 Anyone? Do we have any Indian members who can recommend a network? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuskd Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 (edited) Hey, Sorry I read your post but later forgot about it. I do not know of any network who can ship the SIM to the UK. I understand the situation with your mother that she cannot go through the hassle of buying a SIM in India. My suggestion: 1) Vodafone is in India. Try to check if they can provide some good and cheap international plans. 2) If you know any Indian friend/coworker who already has an Indian SIM lying around somewhere, try if you can borrow that. Data plans in India are super cheap. However I must warn you that due to cut throat competition here, any SIM unused for about a month might get deactivated. So check it first. If she can buy a SIM, you can choose between the 3 biggest carriers "Vodafone Idea", Airtel and Reliance Jio. Plans are similar but Jio has a 4G only network and the others can fall back to 3G. Hope it helps To add: People from UK used to call India via Lycamobile since it was the cheapest, check with them if they can offer international roaming plans for India too. Edited December 10, 2018 by Tuskd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dipsylalapo Supervisor Posted December 10, 2018 Supervisor Share Posted December 10, 2018 I've spoken to a few people and it seems that the best thing to do is get a SIM out there There are a few companies where you can buy international SIMS but they seem to very expensive (£50 for 1GB), whereas a local Voda SIM you can get 6GB for around £1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason S. Global Moderator Posted December 10, 2018 Global Moderator Share Posted December 10, 2018 being from the US, idk how things work in england. That said, i have a so-called "world phone" that supports many of the worlds cell signals (GSM, CDMA, LTE, etc). When i travel internationally i just have to activate my world plan with Verizon and my phone magically works overseas. i dont need a separate SIM card. it's $10/day, and i just use my Verizon plan as usual. Do you have anything like that in england/india? Verizon TravelPass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dipsylalapo Supervisor Posted December 10, 2018 Supervisor Share Posted December 10, 2018 4 minutes ago, Jason S. said: being from the US, idk how things work in england. That said, i have a so-called "world phone" that supports many of the worlds cell signals (GSM, CDMA, LTE, etc). When i travel internationally i just have to activate my world plan with Verizon and my phone magically works overseas. i dont need a separate SIM card. it's $10/day, and i just use my Verizon plan as usual. Do you have anything like that in england/india? Verizon TravelPass We do have something similar, but to pay $140 for a two week trip is crazy. Buying a SIM locally seems to make way more sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason S. Global Moderator Posted December 10, 2018 Global Moderator Share Posted December 10, 2018 32 minutes ago, dipsylalapo said: We do have something similar, but to pay $140 for a two week trip is crazy. Buying a SIM locally seems to make way more sense. the way it works w/ verizon is that you buy a 24hr period for $10. that is, the charge only happens when your phone is activated. if you dont need the service every day then you wont pay. but yes, $140 would be a lot for two weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dipsylalapo Supervisor Posted December 10, 2018 Supervisor Share Posted December 10, 2018 2 minutes ago, Jason S. said: the way it works w/ verizon is that you buy a 24hr period for $10. that is, the charge only happens when your phone is activated. if you dont need the service every day then you wont pay. but yes, $140 would be a lot for two weeks. Yep agree, stuff like that is useful. It's annoying when a charge that high is enforced with the same mobile operator just in two different countries. I wouldn't mind a charge, but it's just super high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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