Prepaid SIM - Poland
Jul 28, 2016, 1:43 pm
#2
Join Date: Nov 2014
Posts: 73
No more anonymous prepaid SIMs in Poland
Ms. p_man, the kid, and some friends arrived in Poland today to discover that, as of Monday, you can no longer buy anonymous prepaid SIM cards in the country.
Providers are now not allowed to serve anyone without a verified identity, so you have to provide ID, like a passport number.
They weren't able to get cards at the airport, and now that they're out in the countryside, it turns out that they'll have to go to a town 20 minutes away to get registered cards.
So head's up to all you Poland-bound travelers!
Providers are now not allowed to serve anyone without a verified identity, so you have to provide ID, like a passport number.
They weren't able to get cards at the airport, and now that they're out in the countryside, it turns out that they'll have to go to a town 20 minutes away to get registered cards.
So head's up to all you Poland-bound travelers!
Jul 29, 2016, 5:24 am
#3
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Detroit; Formerly Dubai
Posts: 3,652
Any idea how this will impact roaming SIMs in Poland which typically have lax identity verification schemes?
Ms. p_man, the kid, and some friends arrived in Poland today to discover that, as of Monday, you can no longer buy anonymous prepaid SIM cards in the country.
Providers are now not allowed to serve anyone without a verified identity, so you have to provide ID, like a passport number.
They weren't able to get cards at the airport, and now that they're out in the countryside, it turns out that they'll have to go to a town 20 minutes away to get registered cards.
So head's up to all you Poland-bound travelers!
Providers are now not allowed to serve anyone without a verified identity, so you have to provide ID, like a passport number.
They weren't able to get cards at the airport, and now that they're out in the countryside, it turns out that they'll have to go to a town 20 minutes away to get registered cards.
So head's up to all you Poland-bound travelers!
Jul 29, 2016, 6:17 am
#4
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Anwhere ex-MAN
Programs: A3 *G, BA Silver
Posts: 2,706
I applaud the initiative, though recognise the loophole identified by Stu. I don't see how they will be able to poilce roaming cards, though it does make it harder to some bad guys to get their hands on SIMs.