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Old Jul 18, 2008, 5:42 pm
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Originally Posted by CVO 1K 2 Million
Bumping this up for a upcoming trip to Chennai.
I normally get my pre-paid SIMs from telestial.com but they want $79 for an Airtel SIM and you only get $5 of airtime....seems very steep....I like getting my in-country phone# in advance but not that bad.

So is the info on this thread about getting a SIM in India with a passport copy
still valid and is the initial cost more reasonable there?
Yes and Yes. I don't know if Madras has an Airtel stand in the arrivals area but the other airports in India I use to enter the country commercially have a prepaid GSM operator stand that works well.
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