On Tue, 2016-07-26 at 21:35 +0300, Jonathan Dieter wrote:
I've been looking at http://prepaid-data-sim-card.wikia.com/wiki/Pola nd and am a bit confused, especially by the mandatory registration that seems to have gone into effect on July 25.
Can we get a SIM card at the airport, and what's the best operator/plan for a reasonable amount of data for a couple of weeks? Voice and SMS don't really matter to me.
I've just arrived this morning and have sorted this out, so thought I'd share if anyone else was interested. First off, I was able to buy a SIM at the airport for 5zł, but, as Rafał pointed out, it was worthless. To actually use the SIM, I needed to activate it at a proper shop with real identification (i.e. my passport).
I ended up going to a Salon Play in a Kaufland at https://www.google.co m.lb/maps/search/salon+play/@50.0913723,19.8570229,12z/data=!3m1!4b1 wi th my passport and got a Play Internet na Kartę 9GB for 19zł ($4.83) plan. It doesn't seem to support LTE, but I get H and H+ just fine, and that's all I really need.
They also told me that there's some promotion that will give me 100GB for free for 30 days, if I type in a USSD code (*111*300*1#) tomorrow. We'll see if that actually works.
I did try T-Mobile first, but they told me I'd have to go to a store in the old city, while Play was willing to take my passport information and give me a SIM right there.
Rafał, thanks for the pointers. I got there in the end.
Jonathan
Hi,
I would also recommend Play. Just checked and the offer you got is called "Play Internet na kartę".
As of 25th of July in Poland all the sim cards requires registration so it's better off getting this type of card in the proper selling point, here is the list from play (type Kraków to get list of points in that city):
http://www.play.pl/pomoc/salony-play2/
best Michal Pryc
On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 6:15 PM, Jonathan Dieter jdieter@lesbg.com wrote:
On Tue, 2016-07-26 at 21:35 +0300, Jonathan Dieter wrote:
I've been looking at http://prepaid-data-sim-card.wikia.com/wiki/Pola nd and am a bit confused, especially by the mandatory registration that seems to have gone into effect on July 25.
Can we get a SIM card at the airport, and what's the best operator/plan for a reasonable amount of data for a couple of weeks? Voice and SMS don't really matter to me.
I've just arrived this morning and have sorted this out, so thought I'd share if anyone else was interested. First off, I was able to buy a SIM at the airport for 5zł, but, as Rafał pointed out, it was worthless. To actually use the SIM, I needed to activate it at a proper shop with real identification (i.e. my passport).
I ended up going to a Salon Play in a Kaufland at https://www.google.co m.lb/maps/search/salon+play/@50.0913723,19.8570229,12z/data=!3m1!4b1 wi th my passport and got a Play Internet na Kartę 9GB for 19zł ($4.83) plan. It doesn't seem to support LTE, but I get H and H+ just fine, and that's all I really need.
They also told me that there's some promotion that will give me 100GB for free for 30 days, if I type in a USSD code (*111*300*1#) tomorrow. We'll see if that actually works.
I did try T-Mobile first, but they told me I'd have to go to a store in the old city, while Play was willing to take my passport information and give me a SIM right there.
Rafał, thanks for the pointers. I got there in the end.
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It doesn't seem to support LTE, but I get H and H+ just fine, and that's
all I really need.
LTE works with Play. I'm using it for 2 years. But if you have phone from outside EU market, LTE frequencies can be different and your phone could not support polish frequencies.
More info here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LTE_frequency_bands#Deployments_by_region
Check you phone's manual for supported frequencies/channels.
28.07.2016 6:16 PM "Jonathan Dieter" jdieter@lesbg.com napisał(a):
On Tue, 2016-07-26 at 21:35 +0300, Jonathan Dieter wrote:
I've been looking at http://prepaid-data-sim-card.wikia.com/wiki/Pola nd and am a bit confused, especially by the mandatory registration that seems to have gone into effect on July 25.
Can we get a SIM card at the airport, and what's the best operator/plan for a reasonable amount of data for a couple of weeks? Voice and SMS don't really matter to me.
I've just arrived this morning and have sorted this out, so thought I'd share if anyone else was interested. First off, I was able to buy a SIM at the airport for 5zł, but, as Rafał pointed out, it was worthless. To actually use the SIM, I needed to activate it at a proper shop with real identification (i.e. my passport).
I ended up going to a Salon Play in a Kaufland at https://www.google.co m.lb/maps/search/salon+play/@50.0913723,19.8570229,12z/data=!3m1!4b1 wi th my passport and got a Play Internet na Kartę 9GB for 19zł ($4.83) plan. It doesn't seem to support LTE, but I get H and H+ just fine, and that's all I really need.
They also told me that there's some promotion that will give me 100GB for free for 30 days, if I type in a USSD code (*111*300*1#) tomorrow. We'll see if that actually works.
I did try T-Mobile first, but they told me I'd have to go to a store in the old city, while Play was willing to take my passport information and give me a SIM right there.
Rafał, thanks for the pointers. I got there in the end.
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On Thu, 2016-07-28 at 19:53 +0200, Konrad Mosoń wrote:
It doesn't seem to support LTE, but I get H and H+ just fine, and
that's all I really need. LTE works with Play. I'm using it for 2 years. But if you have phone from outside EU market, LTE frequencies can be different and your phone could not support polish frequencies. More info here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LTE_frequency_bands#D eployments_by_region Check you phone's manual for supported frequencies/channels.
Or maybe I just couldn't get LTE where I was at. Just checked and LTE is working just fine here. Wonderful!
Thanks much, Jonathan
28.07.2016 18:15 Jonathan Dieter jdieter@lesbg.com wrote:
[...] I did try T-Mobile first, but they told me I'd have to go to a store in the old city, while Play was willing to take my passport information and give me a SIM right there.
I'm not sure at which Play store you were, your map just displays all Play stores in the town, but Play employees had no reason to help you with T-mobile SIM, even they might have reasons not to help you. It looks like now you have a not-yet-registered T-mobile SIM you can give/sell to anybody. There are more than one T-mobile store unless you really were near the old city.
Though, I'm glad to learn you managed to run your Play card. I have no preference of a mobile provider.
Regards,
Rafal
On Thu, 2016-07-28 at 22:45 +0200, Rafal Luzynski wrote:
I'm not sure at which Play store you were, your map just displays all Play stores in the town, but Play employees had no reason to help you with T-mobile SIM, even they might have reasons not to help you. It looks like now you have a not-yet-registered T-mobile SIM you can give/sell to anybody. There are more than one T-mobile store unless you really were near the old city.
Apologies, hopefully this map will work better (though the picture isn't right, the shop is in the Kaufland across the street from the photo): https://www.google.com/maps/place/Salon+Play/@50.0910141,20.0671622,10z /data=!4m8!1m2!2m1!1ssalon+play!3m4!1s0x47165a564e49d97b:0xac16d78c904b 597d!8m2!3d50.0853776!4d19.9366006
And, just to be clear, the SIM I bought in the airport was a Plus SIM, since that's all they had. At both the Play store and the T-Mobile store, I asked for a new SIM.
I found it a bit odd that the T-Mobile store wasn't able/willing to help me and were trying to direct me to another location, while the Play store was able to do everything for me, and I just thought I should share my experience.
Jonathan
29.07.2016 10:34 Jonathan Dieter jdieter@lesbg.com wrote:
[...] Apologies, hopefully this map will work better (though the picture isn't right, the shop is in the Kaufland across the street from the photo): https://www.google.com/maps/place/Salon+Play/@50.0910141,20.0671622,10z/data...
OK, got it, I know that place. This is a small shopping center and I'm surprised to learn that Play is there, also not surprised that there is no other brand due to not enough space.
And, just to be clear, the SIM I bought in the airport was a Plus SIM, since that's all they had.
Strange, I've just checked and they had all brands but maybe it was different when you were. Whatever they had, as you said, the SIMs are inactive and cannot be activated immediately.
At both the Play store and the T-Mobile store, I asked for a new SIM.
I found it a bit odd that the T-Mobile store wasn't able/willing to help me and were trying to direct me to another location,
That's even more strange, the only explanation I can think of is that they did not yet know how to implement the new law or they were overwhelmed by the number of clients willing to buy a prepaid SIM.
while the Play store was able to do everything for me, and I just thought I should share my experience.
I hope that all brands will be helpful for all Flock attendees when they arrive.
Regards,
Rafal
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