Wednesday, Feb 25, 2015 at 19:36
Hi Tom
It was me that started that recent thread and using the advice that was provided in the thread I was able to get the SIM.
This is the thread
Essentially I had to call them because the Telstra stores know very little to nothing.
I told them what I wanted only to be told it doesn't exist, I told them it did and to please
check with someone who might know. Eventually someone was found who said it does exist
When it came time to process the request the operator couldn't find the plan in his computer and had to phone someone to find out how to process it, etc.... etc
eventually got it sorted then activated global roaming, received confirmation that it was active but still got
invalid SIM so activated a second time and now everything works.
Alls
well that ends
well.
I know I can just swap the SIM from my usual phone which was my original plan but I found the process tedious, firstly my phone has a mini SIM so I had to use an adaptor because the
iridium uses a full size SIM. Also getting the SIM out of my phone is really fidly, puting it in the
Iridium is pretty easy however given that this phone is for emegrencies on a three month trip I figured I would get the SIM so me or my partner didnt have to mess about with SIM cards if one of us is lying in a heap having been bitten by a snake.
Cheers
Stephen
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