Re: [Debconf-discuss] Mobile SIMs for Montreal

2017-07-31 Thread Andrew Shadura
On 23 July 2017 at 06:26, Andrew Shadura wrote: > On 22 July 2017 19:50:33 CEST, Chris Boot wrote: >>On 22/07/2017 10:28, Steven Chamberlain wrote: >>> So I have moved the FAQ here and expanded it: >>> https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf17/Sim-card-information >> >>Hi all, >> >>Thanks very much

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Mobile SIMs for Montreal

2017-07-31 Thread Michael Meskes
> Also, for anyone coming from the US, I believe t-mobile provides > call/text/data in Canada and Mexico with no extra charges, but I'd Right, but only on their ONE plans IIRC and that runs at $40/line. Michael -- Michael Meskes Michael at Fam-Meskes dot De, Michael at Meskes dot (De|Com|Net|Or

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Mobile SIMs for Montreal

2017-07-30 Thread Rob Browning
Andrew Shadura writes: > I don't think many people are going to use this option (I can only > think of myself and Gunnar), but it seems Mexican provider called > Telcel offers free roaming in US and Canada. I'm going to top-up my > card and try to use it next Saturday — I'll post the results to t

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Mobile SIMs for Montreal

2017-07-23 Thread Andrew Shadura
On 22 July 2017 19:50:33 CEST, Chris Boot wrote: >On 22/07/2017 10:28, Steven Chamberlain wrote: >> So I have moved the FAQ here and expanded it: >> https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf17/Sim-card-information > >Hi all, > >Thanks very much for all the discussion here and for the much expanded >wi

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Mobile SIMs for Montreal

2017-07-22 Thread Chris Boot
On 22/07/2017 10:28, Steven Chamberlain wrote: > So I have moved the FAQ here and expanded it: > https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf17/Sim-card-information Hi all, Thanks very much for all the discussion here and for the much expanded wiki/FAQ entry. Exactly the kind of information I was after.

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Mobile SIMs for Montreal

2017-07-22 Thread Steven Chamberlain
So I have moved the FAQ here and expanded it: https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf17/Sim-card-information Regards, -- Steven Chamberlain ste...@pyro.eu.org signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Mobile SIMs for Montreal

2017-07-22 Thread Vincent Bernat
❦ 22 juillet 2017 08:31 +0200, Michal Čihař  : >> The FAQ recommends using roaming for data: >> >> https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf17/FAQ#Sim_cards > > Roaming certainly isn't an option for many people. For me roaming would > cost 3.40 EUR per MB, while the "expensive" local plan seems to b

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Mobile SIMs for Montreal

2017-07-22 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Sat, Jul 22, 2017 at 08:31:14AM +0200, Michal Čihař wrote: > Hi > > Paul Wise píše v So 22. 07. 2017 v 11:34 +1000: > > On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 9:29 PM, Chris Boot wrote: > > > > > If not, I'd like some recommendations from the locals for a SIM > > > card > > > that I can use while I'm there f

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Mobile SIMs for Montreal

2017-07-22 Thread Michal Čihař
Hi Paul Wise píše v So 22. 07. 2017 v 11:34 +1000: > On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 9:29 PM, Chris Boot wrote: > > > If not, I'd like some recommendations from the locals for a SIM > > card > > that I can use while I'm there for the two weeks of DebConf + > > DebCamp. > > I'm looking for something with

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Mobile SIMs for Montreal

2017-07-21 Thread gregor herrmann
On Sat, 22 Jul 2017 11:34:25 +1000, Paul Wise wrote: > > If not, I'd like some recommendations from the locals for a SIM card > > that I can use while I'm there for the two weeks of DebConf + DebCamp. > > I'm looking for something with ~500MB of data to tide me over, any calls > > or text messages

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Mobile SIMs for Montreal

2017-07-21 Thread Paul Wise
On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 9:29 PM, Chris Boot wrote: > If not, I'd like some recommendations from the locals for a SIM card > that I can use while I'm there for the two weeks of DebConf + DebCamp. > I'm looking for something with ~500MB of data to tide me over, any calls > or text messages would be

[Debconf-discuss] Mobile SIMs for Montreal

2017-07-21 Thread Chris Boot
Hi all, I'll be a DebConf newbie in Montreal, and very much looking forward to it! I've been told that in previous years there was either a sponsorship deal or people banded together to obtain SIM cards for foreign DebConf delegates. Is there likely to be something similar this year? If not, I'd