Originally Posted by
Lucky Dreamer
Maybe I was naive to believe I can simply land in London or Budapest, find a store, anonymously hand over cash, and receive a SIM card that brings to life a used phone I brought with me, complete with a number that sends and receives SMS across Eastern Europe.
My SOP is to attempt to buy local SIMs wherever I go, unless i already have a sim with good rates/coverage in that country or the registration requirements are too annoying to bother with. In those cases, I use a HK sim that has decent (but, not spectacular) roaming rates and go light on the data front (i.e. make a more concerted effort to be on wifi when doing data intensive stuff).