Originally Posted by
tentseller
Yes it is possible to recharge/load/top-up these SIMs.
Why should one bother when the discounted street price of these SIMs in HK is much less than the cost of the reload.
Moondog, being very wise got a quantity discount.
Every frequent travellers to China have a few of these to pop in to their handset or MiFi for instant hotspot to access the world outside the GFW.
Since not all the VPN providers have 100% uptime, one need to have their bases covered when you must have that web conference at a specific time.
"Tricky rabbit has three escape plans" - my translation of Chinese proverb.
Thank your for your kind words,
tentseller
Switching topics, exp is now working great for me on both Windows and Android. We can no longer bank on exp, but when it works, it is fast.
While HK SIMs are a great, perhaps essential, fallback, a viable VPN or proxy should always be the first priority for those of us who consume large amounts of data.