Getting a duplicate sim card
Getting a duplicate sim card
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wculbert

Original Poster:

450 posts

272 months

Wednesday 20th July 2005
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Hi,
I want a duplicate sim card, so I will have two working sim cards, one for the car and one for my phone is this possible?

How does one get it?

Thanks,
William

Flat in Fifth

48,980 posts

282 months

Wednesday 20th July 2005
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Afaik there is only Vodafone in UK who will let you have two SIM cards for the same number. Only available to business customers, restricted tariffs and it costs you an extra £7/month.

If you have both devices switched on both ring and you can answer whichever you want.

Rumour hath it that O2 will be offering second SIM cards in Q4/2005, I'll believe it when I see it.

Alternatively you can get a pay&go sim and put that in your car and forward calls to that number. But you will be paying for the forwarded calls to the car, and of course outward calls from car will go on Pay & Go.

This is a completely normal thing in some European countries and UK service providers need to get their act together. At the moment the technology is there, perhaps figuring out a strategy to rip off the customers a bit more.

One thing is for sure there are more and more cars being put on roads with an inbuilt phone and SIM card reader. They are going to get some serious grief if they don't get their act together.

>> Edited by Flat in Fifth on Wednesday 20th July 21:44

s 8 grn

1,198 posts

274 months

Wednesday 20th July 2005
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As above and its called dual sim.

scared but happy

24,147 posts

260 months

Wednesday 20th July 2005
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My Vodafone sim is almost split in half - the laminations are starting to come off as I keep changing phones (XDA II running Tomtom at the mo)
Anyhow is there a phone that can have 2 concurrent sims running at the same time?
Dual sim and Tri sims are no good as you have to repower the phone so it will only ring if that sim is active.


Smartie

2,630 posts

304 months

Thursday 21st July 2005
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Isn't it called multisim?

Search the vodafone website for info. I also think you have to designate one of the phones to receive calls by dialing a code.

I decided to get 2 cheap o2 online tariffs instead and divert one to other if unanswered.

ProPlus

3,810 posts

271 months

Thursday 21st July 2005
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Sure your not talking of ghost batteries and twin and triple sims on the same phone??

[url]www.solware.co.uk/ghost_sim.shtml[/url]

has more details.

Si

miniandy

1,512 posts

268 months

Thursday 21st July 2005
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ProPlus said:
Sure your not talking of ghost batteries and twin and triple sims on the same phone??


He's not. He wants to use his one contract in two devices.