mobile/cell phone card
 

I am not sure what it is called in north America, it is a sim card in
England. I was wondering if they were easy to buy and if they were
expensive. I have a mobile phone that would work in Canada but would need a
local card as to use my own card would be too expensive. Could someone let
me know if I could buy one and how much the card and the calls would be ?

regards,
Joanne

"Jo" wrote in
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I am not sure what it is called in north America, it is a sim card in
England. I was wondering if they were easy to buy and if they were
expensive. I have a mobile phone that would work in Canada but would
need a local card as to use my own card would be too expensive. Could
someone let me know if I could buy one and how much the card and the
calls would be ?

regards,
Joanne






http://www.prepaidgsm.net/en/operators.html
will give you all the information that you need to know.

"Jo" wrote in
:

I am not sure what it is called in north America, it is a sim card in
England. I was wondering if they were easy to buy and if they were
expensive. I have a mobile phone that would work in Canada but would
need a local card as to use my own card would be too expensive. Could
someone let me know if I could buy one and how much the card and the
calls would be ?

regards,
Joanne






http://www.prepaidgsm.net/en/operators.html
will give you all the information that you need to know.

not everything I need to know, the link to Canada is not very complete.
Where do I buy these cards ? Do you always pay for incoming calls as well ?
That seems strange..........

Joanne



http://www.prepaidgsm.net/en/operators.html
will give you all the information that you need to know.

not everything I need to know, the link to Canada is not very complete.
Where do I buy these cards ? Do you always pay for incoming calls as well ?
That seems strange..........

Joanne



http://www.prepaidgsm.net/en/operators.html
will give you all the information that you need to know.

not everything I need to know, the link to Canada is not very complete.
Where do I buy these cards ? Do you always pay for incoming calls as well ?
That seems strange..........

Joanne



http://www.prepaidgsm.net/en/operators.html
will give you all the information that you need to know.

"Jo" wrote in message
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not everything I need to know, the link to Canada is not very complete.
Where do I buy these cards ?

I used Fido (any Fido store).

Do you always pay for incoming calls as well ?

Yes.

what is a fido store ? I looked online but confused. There were cards for
$59 and activation kits for $25 and could not find out where there shops
were.

Joanne

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"Jo" wrote in message
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not everything I need to know, the link to Canada is not very complete.
Where do I buy these cards ?

I used Fido (any Fido store).

Do you always pay for incoming calls as well ?

Yes.

Fido and Rogers AT&T are the two gsm carriers in Canada. Prepaid sims are
available for Fido certainly - because we used one last year. The Canadian
(and USA) system is quite unlike that used in the rest of the world. The
number you get is location specific! You pay local rates for calls in that
area and long distance for everything else - and callers to you likewise.
You pay for incoming AND outgoing calls.

Lastly - the gsm system is NOT the cell system of choice for North America -
so gsm netrworks are small with many 'no service' areas.

We still found it worthwhile to get a prepaid sim.



"Jo" wrote in message
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I am not sure what it is called in north America, it is a sim card in
England. I was wondering if they were easy to buy and if they were
expensive. I have a mobile phone that would work in Canada but would need
a
local card as to use my own card would be too expensive. Could someone let
me know if I could buy one and how much the card and the calls would be ?

regards,
Joanne

"Jo" wrote in message
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what is a fido store ? I looked online but confused. There were cards for
$59 and activation kits for $25 and could not find out where there shops
were.

Well, I was in Vancouver and I bought a SIM card at the Fido store in
Georgia Street (at Richards) if that's any help. I see from my Visa
statement that I paid $45.