Comments on: How To Use Your Canadian iPhone on International Vacations http://www.cyberbuzz.com/2009/04/30/how-to-use-your-canadian-iphone-on-international-vacations/ Buzz Bishop takes a look at new technology and trends. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:26:40 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Rick Kuzyk http://www.cyberbuzz.com/2009/04/30/how-to-use-your-canadian-iphone-on-international-vacations/comment-page-1/#comment-1709 Rick Kuzyk Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:25:00 +0000 http://www.cyberbuzz.com/?p=520#comment-1709 Good advice from Steve & Warren. I also have a VOIP app called Vopium. Skype is also popular. With that I can make WIFI calls anywhere from anywhere for mere pennies. Good advice from Steve & Warren. I also have a VOIP app called Vopium. Skype is also popular. With that I can make WIFI calls anywhere from anywhere for mere pennies.

]]> By: dugis guides http://www.cyberbuzz.com/2009/04/30/how-to-use-your-canadian-iphone-on-international-vacations/comment-page-1/#comment-1333 dugis guides Wed, 23 Jun 2010 06:21:34 +0000 http://www.cyberbuzz.com/?p=520#comment-1333 well, friend You're on vacation after all and if you need to contact family there are other ... Usually they range anywhere from $0.49 in Canada! well, friend You're on vacation after all and if you need to contact family there are other … Usually they range anywhere from $0.49 in Canada!

]]> By: Warren Frey http://www.cyberbuzz.com/2009/04/30/how-to-use-your-canadian-iphone-on-international-vacations/comment-page-1/#comment-951 Warren Frey Sun, 03 May 2009 17:19:17 +0000 http://www.cyberbuzz.com/?p=520#comment-951 We followed pretty much all of those rules when we went to Egypt this Xmas. Additionally, you can run wifi while still in airport mode, which assuaged my paranoia that the phone might go roaming on its own when I checked my mail and was *slightly* out of wifi range. We stayed in a premium hotel for the last few days in Cairo, which charged the ungodly sum of $30 a day for internet access. To maximize use, we not only downloaded half the bandwidth of Egypt's ISPs in Doctor Who Specials, we also set up an ad-hoc network between my junker Macbook Pro 12" G4 and our iPhones, allowing us to download a pile of podcasts for the plane ride back to Canada straight to the phone without iTunes getting an identity crisis. I later unlocked my phone for a trip to LA, but there was enough wifi where I was staying (and I was located in one area the whole time) that the fact that I couldn't find a pay-as-you-go SIM wasn't a big deal. But I agree with Steve, unlock that bad boy and follow the instructions he laid out to get around our primitive and idiotic monile data/phone restrictions. We followed pretty much all of those rules when we went to Egypt this Xmas. Additionally, you can run wifi while still in airport mode, which assuaged my paranoia that the phone might go roaming on its own when I checked my mail and was *slightly* out of wifi range.

We stayed in a premium hotel for the last few days in Cairo, which charged the ungodly sum of $30 a day for internet access. To maximize use, we not only downloaded half the bandwidth of Egypt’s ISPs in Doctor Who Specials, we also set up an ad-hoc network between my junker Macbook Pro 12″ G4 and our iPhones, allowing us to download a pile of podcasts for the plane ride back to Canada straight to the phone without iTunes getting an identity crisis.

I later unlocked my phone for a trip to LA, but there was enough wifi where I was staying (and I was located in one area the whole time) that the fact that I couldn’t find a pay-as-you-go SIM wasn’t a big deal. But I agree with Steve, unlock that bad boy and follow the instructions he laid out to get around our primitive and idiotic monile data/phone restrictions.

]]> By: Steve Hillman http://www.cyberbuzz.com/2009/04/30/how-to-use-your-canadian-iphone-on-international-vacations/comment-page-1/#comment-947 Steve Hillman Fri, 01 May 2009 05:33:34 +0000 http://www.cyberbuzz.com/?p=520#comment-947 I've got an unlocked iPhone (there are tutorials online for how to do this). Once it's unlocked, walk up to any AT&T store or kiosk in the U.S and buy an AT&T pay-as-you-go SIM card ($7). Add some money to it (the more you add, the longer it lasts till it expires - $100 lasts a year), then buy a data plan. They've got one that's $20 for 100mb that lasts you 30 days. Calling out is cheap - 10 cents anywhere in the U.S, and for incoming calls, and 25 cents to Canada. When you buy the SIM card and add a minimum $25, you get a $10 bonus. If you buy $100, you get another $5 bonus. I went down for 5 days, used 30mb of data, spent 2 hours on the phone, and came back with $80 of my $100 top-up still left. I’ve got an unlocked iPhone (there are tutorials online for how to do this). Once it’s unlocked, walk up to any AT&T store or kiosk in the U.S and buy an AT&T pay-as-you-go SIM card ($7). Add some money to it (the more you add, the longer it lasts till it expires – $100 lasts a year), then buy a data plan. They’ve got one that’s $20 for 100mb that lasts you 30 days. Calling out is cheap – 10 cents anywhere in the U.S, and for incoming calls, and 25 cents to Canada.

When you buy the SIM card and add a minimum $25, you get a $10 bonus. If you buy $100, you get another $5 bonus. I went down for 5 days, used 30mb of data, spent 2 hours on the phone, and came back with $80 of my $100 top-up still left.

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