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can you buy just the sim card?

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  • 23-10-2008 7:08pm
    #1
    niceirishfella
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    hi,

    i got for free a 3 broadband modem thingy and usb cable from a pal.
    Can i buy the sim card seperate?
    anyone know?

    Rgds,
    NIF


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    seanybiker
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    yeah you can buy just a sim if you want


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    niceirishfella
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,538 ✭✭✭niceirishfella


    seanybiker wrote: »
    yeah you can buy just a sim if you want


    Thanks - anyone know a price?


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    Onikage
    Registered Users Posts: 1,451 ✭✭✭Onikage


    I'm guessing €5 with €5 credit. Not that I'm ever planning on stepping inside a three store again.

    http://www.three.ie/broadband/3pay.htm


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    niceirishfella
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,538 ✭✭✭niceirishfella


    Onikage wrote: »
    I'm guessing €5 with €5 credit. Not that I'm ever planning on stepping inside a three store again.

    http://www.three.ie/broadband/3pay.htm

    LOL! I heard the network is poor alright.......maybe i'll not bother then. :pThanks anyways.

    Rgds,
    NIF


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    Walkman
    Registered Users Posts: 4,224 ✭✭✭Walkman


    Its 9 for a sim. You just buy a normal 3pay sim and pop it into the modem. Their is nothing wrong with the network only the amount of people using it (although its supposedly getting better for people as the network upgrades are done). There is 5 on the sim so you will also need to buy credit if you want to start browsing.


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    Onikage
    Registered Users Posts: 1,451 ✭✭✭Onikage


    Walkman wrote: »
    Their is nothing wrong with the network only the amount of people using it

    Actually the shared ip addresses are a big problem. Lots of websites, banking in particular, don't work correctly.


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    Walkman
    Registered Users Posts: 4,224 ✭✭✭Walkman


    The ip address issue has nothing to do with the network side of things


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    suppafly
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    niceirishfella wrote: »
    LOL! I heard the network is poor alright.......maybe i'll not bother then. :pThanks anyways.

    Rgds,
    NIF

    yup its fairly ****e alright. My brother moved over to them onto 3pay and he wasn't receiving any texts from vodafone. He was one them about 50 times or more and they still didn't fix it. So he decided to leave them and cancel and then they wanted him to pay an early cancelation fee even though he wasn't receiving the service. Showers muppets altogether. Stay well clear of them


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    smellslikeshoes
    Registered Users Posts: 3,354 ✭✭✭smellslikeshoes


    Could also mention the downright criminal customer service on top of the shoddy product.


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    none
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    Walkman wrote: »
    Its 9 for a sim. You just buy a normal 3pay sim and pop it into the modem. Their is nothing wrong with the network only the amount of people using it (although its supposedly getting better for people as the network upgrades are done). There is 5 on the sim so you will also need to buy credit if you want to start browsing.
    Where did you get it from? I was in their shop yesterday and they refused to sell only a SIM saying the only way to get it is together with a modem and they don't sell SIMs only. I checked O2 and it seems they also sell their 30day broadband with modems only. Of course, both 3 and O2 have the poorest models on the market and they lock it too. So there doesn't seem to be a way to sign up with your own modem :mad:


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    Walkman
    Registered Users Posts: 4,224 ✭✭✭Walkman


    You get a HANDSET 3pay sim, put it into the modem, top it up, buy the internet add on and away you go


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    Onikage
    Registered Users Posts: 1,451 ✭✭✭Onikage


    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=56771304
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055361711


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    none
    Registered Users Posts: 569 ✭✭✭none


    Thanks, guys :) I see Three are well trained to mislead people ;)


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