Any of you knowledable people have any experience with PAYG in
Malaysia ?

Daughter going oout there for a month and I want her to have a phone
for emergemcies but worry about her taling her contract phoen oevr
tehre and racking uoa a huge bill. She normally sends 800 texts a
month and receives more !

I want her to leave her normal phone at home and take a PAYG

On 23/01/2010 13:41, wrote:
Any of you knowledable people have any experience with PAYG in
Malaysia ?

Daughter going oout there for a month and I want her to have a phone
for emergemcies but worry about her taling her contract phoen oevr
tehre and racking uoa a huge bill. She normally sends 800 texts a
month and receives more !

I want her to leave her normal phone at home and take a PAYG


She would be better taking an unlocked phone and getting a local payg
sim when she arrives. I'm not aware of any uk networks that have roaming
on payg in malaysia and even then you'd be looking at 30p+ for sending
each sms, receiving is normally free.

Steve

Steve Wyles wrote:
On 23/01/2010 13:41, wrote:
Any of you knowledable people have any experience with PAYG in
Malaysia ?

Daughter going oout there for a month and I want her to have a phone
for emergemcies but worry about her taling her contract phoen oevr
tehre and racking uoa a huge bill. She normally sends 800 texts a
month and receives more !

I want her to leave her normal phone at home and take a PAYG


She would be better taking an unlocked phone and getting a local payg
sim when she arrives. I'm not aware of any uk networks that have roaming
on payg in malaysia and even then you'd be looking at 30p+ for sending
each sms, receiving is normally free.

Agreed. Any unlocked phone with a local sim - Maxis for example - will
do the job.

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David Kennedy

http://www.anindianinexile.com

Steve Wyles wrote:
She would be better taking an unlocked phone and getting a local payg
sim when she arrives. I'm not aware of any uk networks that have roaming
on payg in malaysia and even then you'd be looking at 30p+ for sending
each sms, receiving is normally free.

It might be worth investigating providers who can do data, then use a Java
app on the phone to send texts - then it's just a few pennies per text plus
the data cost (which should be fairly small, even at extortionate-per-KB).

Trouble is, if she gets a local SIM her friends will be paying 20-30p per
text to send to Malaysia, and those won't be covered by inclusive text
packages. Though they could use Java apps too, it all gets a bit messy.

If you find a network with vaguely sensible data tariffs, how about some
kind of IM solution? I have no idea if such is available at low bandwidth
(and people need to know that sending pictures will really cost $$$).

The easier alternative is to train her not to text so much when she's away


Theo

Theo Markettos wrote:
It might be worth investigating providers who can do data, then use a Java
app on the phone to send texts - then it's just a few pennies per text plus
the data cost (which should be fairly small, even at extortionate-per-KB).

Trouble is, if she gets a local SIM her friends will be paying 20-30p per
text to send to Malaysia, and those won't be covered by inclusive text
packages. Though they could use Java apps too, it all gets a bit messy.

Another option might be an 'international' roaming SIM... if you get one
with a +44 number from, say, the Isle of Man, that might be covered under
her friends text packages. Texts would probably still be cheaper than 20p,
but still not very cheap.

I just checked 0044's global SIM and to text from Malaysia to UK is 43p.
Ouch! But maybe there are others.

Theo

On 25 Jan 2010 14:05:33 +0000 (GMT), Theo Markettos
wrote:

Theo Markettos wrote:
It might be worth investigating providers who can do data, then use a Java
app on the phone to send texts - then it's just a few pennies per text plus
the data cost (which should be fairly small, even at extortionate-per-KB).

Trouble is, if she gets a local SIM her friends will be paying 20-30p per
text to send to Malaysia, and those won't be covered by inclusive text
packages. Though they could use Java apps too, it all gets a bit messy.

Another option might be an 'international' roaming SIM... if you get one
with a +44 number from, say, the Isle of Man, that might be covered under
her friends text packages. Texts would probably still be cheaper than 20p,
but still not very cheap.

I just checked 0044's global SIM and to text from Malaysia to UK is 43p.
Ouch! But maybe there are others.

I bought a local SIM card on the DiGi network when I was in Malaysia.
International text messages cost RM0.20 (around 3.6p), so she's not
going to get much cheaper than that whatever way she does it.

If she could borrow another phone to take with her on the trip, or use
a dual-SIM phone, then she could use her normal UK SIM car to receive
texts from friends in the UK on her normal number.

DiGi also have quite good rates on data charges. Internet connections
are capped at RM5 per day (around 90p).

Chris